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Hypothermia in the PACU

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1991
Postanesthetic hypothermia is a common, significant, and costly problem in the PACU. The scope of the problem ranges from an adverse outcome for the patient to undue financial burden to the institution providing the care. All of these problems can be minimized or prevented with active warming therapy.
D D, Feroe, S D, Augustine
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PACU pain management algorithm

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2002
Effective and safe pain management for a patient emerging from the effects of anesthesia is a specialized skill that is often acquired only through years of experience. This article provides perianesthesia nurses with a technique to assess the cognitively impaired postanesthesia patient and to incorporate vital circumstantial criteria in determining ...
Helen E, Buss, Karen, Melderis
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Music and the PACU environment

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2001
Pain is a common problem in the PACU, resulting in negative respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, neuroendocrine, and autonomic nervous system consequences for patients. Pain relief contributes to improved patient outcomes and is also an important component of patient satisfaction, particularly in light of today's environment of high ...
K E, Shertzer, J F, Keck
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Analgesia in PACU: Intravenous Opioids

Current Drug Targets, 2005
Critically ill patients, particularly those under mechanical ventilation, require analgo-sedation to control noxious stimuli and enhance comfort. Despite their harmful side effects, such as respiratory depression, physical dependence and difficult arousal, opioids are effective in providing a good level of analgesia and comfort.
Giorgio, Conti   +4 more
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Family visitation in PACU

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2001
H ISTORICALLY, PACUs have been closed units. A patient’s family anxiously waited in the patient’s room while the patient recovered in the PACU. Rapid advances in anesthesia management, faster recovery from the effects of anesthetics, the increasing use of regional anesthesia, a growing body of nursing research in support of family visitation, and an ...
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A history of the PACU

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2003
The specialized intense nursing care provided in the PACU is now well recognized as crucial to optimize outcomes for the patient undergoing modern anesthesia and surgical techniques. However, this fact has not always been recognized. Although anesthetic techniques have evolved since the mid-1800s, the widespread establishment of PACUs only began about ...
Claudia P, Barone   +2 more
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