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• Severe worsening abdominal pain with fever and a rigid abdomen (anastomotic leak or peritonitis)
• Vomiting blood, black tarry stools, or sudden bloody or rapidly increasing drain output (post-pancreatectomy bleed)
• Yellowing of the skin or eyes with fever and chills (bile duct blockage or cholangitis)
• Cloudy, dark, or markedly increased fluid from a drain with abdominal pain (pancreatic leak)
• Sudden chest pain or shortness of breath (blood clot concern)
• Confusion, fainting, or signs of severe low blood sugar
• Fever above 38.5C beginning after post-operative day 2
• Persistent vomiting or inability to keep down food (delayed gastric emptying)
• Increasing rather than decreasing abdominal pain after day 2 to 3
• New or worsening redness, swelling, or drainage from the incision
• Greasy, floating, foul-smelling stools with weight loss (enzyme insufficiency)
• Persistent high or low blood sugars in a newly diabetic patient

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