title: Prevention, recognition, and management of nursing complications in the intraoperative and postoperative surgical patient.
abstract: A review of the literature focusing on postoperative complications reveals that the best available tools to the medical and surgical teams are recognition and prevention. This article highlights the more common postsurgical adverse events and discusses methods for preventing and treating these occurrences.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Specialists, 1351 Julieanna Drive, West Chester, PA 19380, USA. dlw522@aol.com
authors.forename: Diana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wadlund
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000451:nursing; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants