|
Potential
Complication |
Preparation |
|
breakage of operating table and transport device |
equipment rated for patient's body weight |
|
decubital ulcer |
pressure relief, good nursing care and close
monitoring |
|
difficult intubation |
equipment for difficult intubation readily
available |
|
difficulty in patient transfer |
crane for lifting |
|
hyperglycemia |
aggressive insulin therapy to maintain
normoglycemia |
|
incorrect drug doses |
know in advance if dosing should be by actual or ideal
body weight |
|
perioperative airway obstruction and/or
hypoventilation |
monitor oxygenation and carbon dioxide retention,
especially if obstructive sleep apnea present; provide rigorous pulmonary
toilet with deep breathing exercises postoperatively |
|
perioperative heart failure or ischemia |
monitor the ECG and cardiovascular function |
|
post-operative infection (surgical site, pneumonia,
UTI) |
prophylactic antibiotics, early mobilization, careful
wound care |
|
thrombophlebitis with risk of pulmonary embolism |
prophylactic anticoagulation, early
mobilization |
|
wound dehiscence |
secure wound closure, prevention of surgical site
infection |