title: Giving postanesthesia care in the critical care unit.
abstract: As more patients come directly to critical care units after surgery, nurses need to know about anesthesia and its complications. This article reviews commonly used anesthetics, their adverse effects, and nursing management of complications.
authors.affiliation: Postanesthesia Care Unit, Abington, Pa., Memorial Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control