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Music and the PACU environment
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2001Pain 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, 2005Critically 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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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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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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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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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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PACU Education Standardization for PACU Protocols
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2022Jaclyn Hughes +2 more
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Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2008
Background: The Operating Room has an 18 room capacity. On the average day, 14 rooms are scheduled. The holding room has a total of nine (9) spaces for preoperative preparation. Because of this variance in capacity, the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is used for the first case overflow up to a maximum of five (5) patients.
Jennifer Allen, Kellie M. Kline
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Background: The Operating Room has an 18 room capacity. On the average day, 14 rooms are scheduled. The holding room has a total of nine (9) spaces for preoperative preparation. Because of this variance in capacity, the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is used for the first case overflow up to a maximum of five (5) patients.
Jennifer Allen, Kellie M. Kline
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Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1991
The goal of fluid therapy in the PACU setting is the restoration of blood volume and tissue perfusion. Choosing the type of fluid infusion depends on the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative condition of the patient. An understanding of the functional fluid compartments, the composition of body fluids and commercially available fluids, and ...
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The goal of fluid therapy in the PACU setting is the restoration of blood volume and tissue perfusion. Choosing the type of fluid infusion depends on the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative condition of the patient. An understanding of the functional fluid compartments, the composition of body fluids and commercially available fluids, and ...
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Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2007
A collaborative research group examined seven years of PACU medication errors from the MEDMARX database. Descriptive statistics showed a comparison of medication errors in all ages from pediatric to adult to geriatric groups. Nine categories of medication errors were noted and a total of 3,023 errors were attributed to errors in prescribing ...
Rodney W, Hicks +3 more
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A collaborative research group examined seven years of PACU medication errors from the MEDMARX database. Descriptive statistics showed a comparison of medication errors in all ages from pediatric to adult to geriatric groups. Nine categories of medication errors were noted and a total of 3,023 errors were attributed to errors in prescribing ...
Rodney W, Hicks +3 more
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Analgesia in PACU: Indications, Monitoring, Complications
Current Drug Targets, 2005The correct treatment of postoperative pain, in the early period immediately following surgery, is founded on the following four principles: 1-correct diagnosis of the source and magnitude of nociception; 2-understanding of the relationship of ongoing nociception and other components of pain including anxiety, ethnocultural components, meaning, prior ...
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Myleus pacu (Jardine 1841) Distribution All Amazonia, plus northern drainages. Notes Ibarra and Stewart 1989, Galacatos et al. 1996.
Escobar-Camacho, Daniel +4 more
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Escobar-Camacho, Daniel +4 more
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