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THE SURGICAL OPERATION: RECOVERING FROM THE OPERATION

Many hospitals prefer to place their newly operated patients for a few hours (or less) in a room near the operating room, called the recovery room. Here a specially trained staff keeps close watch on the blood pressure, breathing, and general condition of the patients who are recovering from anaesthesia. Do not be alarmed if you find yourself in an oxygen tent or receiving fluid by means of a tube inserted into a blood vessel. Such techniques are widely used.

You and the doctors and nurses now have work to do to prevent complications. Modern surgery has made phenomenal advances in this area in the past few decades. Moving the legs helps prevent the formation of blood clots in the veins of the lower part of the body. These clots are dangerous because parts of them may break off and travel to the lungs where they can block a major blood vessel. Early ambulation, the practice of getting patients out of bed and having them walk even the first or second day after a major operation, helps prevent this and other complications. After most types of operations, it is necessary to breathe deeply and to cough. This helps expand collapsed portions of the lungs and wards off pneumonia.

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