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Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

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A 42-week postconceptual age, former preterm neonate receives general anesthesia for an inguinal herniorrhaphy. This neonate should be hospitalized for 24 hours after surgery because of an increased risk for which of the following?

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A 42-week postconceptual age, former preterm neonate receives general anesthesia for an inguinal herniorrhaphy. This neonate should be hospitalized for 24 hours after surgery because of an increased risk for which of the following?
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There is a high incidence of central postoperative apnea in former preterm infants who present for surgery. Apnea most commonly develops in patients younger than 46 weeks postconceptual age (PCA); however, apnea has been reported up to 60 weeks PCA. Anemia (hematocrit <30%) is a potent, independent risk factor associated with apnea in former preterm infants. Routine, preoperative assessment for anemia should be performed in former premature infants because the risk for apnea in anemic former preterm infants is not altered by postconceptual or gestational age.

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