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Introduction to the postanaesthetic care unit

High-risk, noncardiac surgery represents only 12.5% of surgical procedures, but 83.3% of deaths. The postanaesthetic care unit (PACU) addresses the need for an improved level of care for these patients by providing postoperative high-dependency or intensive care (Level 2 or 3). The PACU aims to impr...

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Autores principales: Simpson, Joanna C, Moonesinghe, S Ramani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24472674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-0525-2-5