Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
The Post-anesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications
Respiratory complications occur in 2% to 19% of postoperative patients, with atelectasis and alveolar hypoventilation being the most commons causes of these events. Additional causes of arterial hypoxemia include upper airway obstruction, laryngospasm, bronchospasm, and aspiration.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "The Post-anesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728517/all/Postoperative_Pulmonary_Complications___Management_of_Postoperative_Respiratory_Insufficiency.
The Post-anesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728517/all/Postoperative_Pulmonary_Complications___Management_of_Postoperative_Respiratory_Insufficiency. Accessed July 16, 2025.
The Post-anesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728517/all/Postoperative_Pulmonary_Complications___Management_of_Postoperative_Respiratory_Insufficiency
The Post-anesthesia Care Unit - Respiratory and Airway Complications [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 16]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728517/all/Postoperative_Pulmonary_Complications___Management_of_Postoperative_Respiratory_Insufficiency.
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