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Sleep Watching Through Surgery

Here's what you need to monitor and how you need to do it.

Kevin B. Gerold, DO, JD, MA(Ed)

There's nothing inherently therapeutic - or exciting, for that matter - about patient monitoring. Today's smaller, more reliable and more affordable monitors simply provide information that confirms or alters your course of care. Their greatest utility is providing an early warning of potential adverse events. Here's an update.

 
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