Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Case #2 - This 62 year old male underwent emergency open cholecystectomy DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 6.) What are objective criteria for the diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia? Criteria for the diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia: rales or dullness to percussion on physical examination of the chest associated with new onset of purulent sputum, or chest X-ray with new or progressing infiltrate and new onset of purulent sputum.
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