Population
High-risk patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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Does not yet support routine 24-hour PACU adoption; leaves open efficacy and cost-effectiveness in prospective perioperative trials.
The postanaesthetic care unit (PACU) aims to provide optimized 24-hour postoperative care for high-risk noncardiac surgical patients to reduce morbidity, mortality, and costs.
Simpson et al. (2013) studied this question.
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