Postoperative apnea among premature or anemic infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair

• Main Authors: Alireza Mahdavi (Author), Leili Mohajerzadeh (Author), Sajad Razavi (Author), Mehdi Ghahremani (Author), Hossein Moeini (Author), Afsaneh Sadeghi (Author), Parastou Ariana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Premature or anemic newborns undergoing hernia repair are prone to more postoperative complications than full-term infants. The incidence of respiratory complications among these patients is more than 30%, being postoperative apnea the most common. Some investigators found that gestati...