Postoperative apnea among premature or anemic infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair

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...

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Main Authors: Alireza Mahdavi, Leili Mohajerzadeh, Sajad Razavi, Mehdi Ghahremani, Hossein Moeini, Afsaneh Sadeghi, Parastou Ariana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery
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Online Access:https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/irjps/article/view/13260