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Postoperative complications and disposition for vascular surgery

Among all surgical specialties, vascular surgery has the greatest proportion of patients with unplanned admissions to the intensive care unit postoperatively. Therefore, current clinical pathways for the postoperative management of vascular surgery patients may need to be revised.

Citation:
Jeon A, Nagappan L. Postoperative complications and disposition for vascular surgery. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2023

Keywords:
ICU admission; MET responses; Vascular surgery; postoperative complications

Abstract:
Among all surgical specialties, vascular surgery has the greatest proportion of patients with unplanned admissions to the intensive care unit postoperatively. Therefore, current clinical pathways for the postoperative management of vascular surgery patients may need to be revised.