Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
The Postanesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications
Respiratory complications occur in 2% to 19% of postoperative patients, and many of these are initiated by events in the PACU such as hypoxia, hypoventilation, upper airway obstruction, laryngospasm, bronchospasm, and aspiration.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "The Postanesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 9th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728392/all/The_Postanesthesia_Care_Unit___Respiratory_and_Airway_Complications.
The Postanesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728392/all/The_Postanesthesia_Care_Unit___Respiratory_and_Airway_Complications. Accessed April 29, 2025.
The Postanesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications. (2019). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728392/all/The_Postanesthesia_Care_Unit___Respiratory_and_Airway_Complications
The Postanesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2025 April 29]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728392/all/The_Postanesthesia_Care_Unit___Respiratory_and_Airway_Complications.
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