Patient recovery and the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU)

Publication date: Available online 30 July 2015 Source:Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine Author(s): Nick Preston, Maggie Gregory Patient recovery is the time from the end of anaesthesia/surgery to regaining full control of airway reflexes. During recovery immediate postoperative complications may arise. Major complications arise in 3–17% of inpatient surgical procedures. These complications should be managed either in theatre or in a designated recovery area (post-anaesthesia care unit).
Source: Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research