The hospital unit that is designed and staffed for close observation and care of patients following operative procedures that require a general anesthetic agent is called the:

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Following an operative procedure that requires anesthesia, patients are admitted to the PACU, or postanesthesia care unit, for monitoring. Each patient is retained until the effects or possible complications of anesthesia have been eliminated.

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