Anesthesia STAT! Acute Pediatric Emergencies in PACU. A Clinical Casebook

• Raises awareness of potential problems that could arise in the post -anesthetic period after surgeries
• Elevates vigilance, timely intervention, and prevention of these complications
• Presents various clinical cases that illustrate proactive measures for the perioperative team

About this book

This case-based book comprehensively covers the clinically significant problems that can occur in children in the immediate postoperative period after surgery after admission to Post Anesthesia Care Unit.

Chapter authors first focus on how clinical monitoring and safety of post-op patients can and must continue after hand off to the PACU team and then describe 24 interesting clinical scenarios that needed urgent intervention in PACU. The goal of this book is to teach members of the perioperative teams around the globe how to keep anesthesia stat calls to a minimum.

Anesthesia STAT! Acute Pediatric Emergencies in PACU features contributions from leaders in pediatric anesthesiology and be an indispensable guide for the perioperative and postoperative team in preventing potential problems during the post-anesthetic period.