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Dec 2010
25m 15s

23. Post-Operative Complications

SURGERY 101 TEAM
About this episode

In this episode, Dr Cliff Sample discusses the topic of post-operative complications.

Listen and learn:

  • what sorts of post-op problems you will be called about on the surgical wards
  • how to handle a post-op fever
  • dealing with the post-op patient who has shortness of breath
  • managing post-op chest pain
  • assessing the patient with post-op delirium
  • how to manage a wound dehiscence
  • dealing with post-op oliguria (low urinary output)

Running time: 25:14

 

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