#219 Post-Op Fever and Complications with Avital O’Glasser MD

Answers to common questions in post-op care with our Kashlak Chief of Perioperative Medicine Dr. Avital O’Glasser. She provides updates in delirium prevention, perioperative medication management, pain control, and even clarifies a lesson from Meredith Grey about causes of post-op fever.

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Credits

• Written: Hannah Abrams MD, Avital O’Glasser MD
  
• Produced by, Infographic and Cover Art by: Hannah Abrams MD
  
• Hosts: Hannah Abrams MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  
• Editor: Avital O’Glasser MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
  
• Guest: Avital O’Glasser MD
  

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Time Stamps

• 00:00 Intro
  
• 02:53 Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week*: 12 Angry Men 1957 Movie; Hedwig and the Angry Inch Cast Recording; PCSSNow Buprenorphine Waiver Training for Medical Students
  
• 09:28 Sponsor
  
• 10:17 Kashlak case; How to collaborate with our surgical colleagues
  
• 13:45 Questions to ask at the time of transfer
  
• 23:00 Routine Post-Op Care: Bowel regimen, pain control, delirium prevention, glucose, antihypertensives, and nausea
  
• 44:25 Co-managing Complications and Fever/Tachycardia; Brief discussion of VTE prophylaxis
• 57:55 Outro