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Learning Objectives
List the steps to obtain an accurate assessement of patients prior to, during and after surgery.
Identify information that should always be obtained during the assessment of the preoperative patient.
Review the common complications of patients undergoing abdominal, orthopedic, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, obstetric/gynecologic and genitourinary surgeries.
Describe the development, course, and management of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
Discuss the signs and symptoms as well as the treatment of malignant hyperthermia.
Review the implications of hypothermia, pain, and complications related to positioning in postsurgical patients.
List the most common respiratory complications following surgery and how to best identify and manage these complications in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Describe the cardiovascular complications that may occur in the postoperative period and the appropriate interventions.
Discuss the development and management of postoperative neurologic complications.
Describe the process to appropriately assess and manage the patient with a volume status complication in the postoperative period.