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Emergency airway management in the post anesthesia care unit

Current Opinion in Critical Care
Purpose of review Airway management is one of the most challenging aspects in the field of anesthesia. This is also the case when an emergency airway situation arises in the postoperative patient. These airway procedures are often classified as advanced with high complexity.
Bart, Spruijt, Johannes M, Huitink
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Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Nurses' Knowledge of Pulse Oximetry

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development (JNSD), 2004
The purpose of this study was to assess post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) nurses' knowledge of pulse oximetry. A convenience sample of 19 nurses completed a 32-item questionnaire that included a 20-item true-false test on pulse oximetry. Overall, nurses demonstrated a knowledge deficit in pulse oximetry.
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Impact of surgical sequencing on post anesthesia care unit staffing

Health Care Management Science, 2006
This paper analyzes the impact of sequencing rules on the phase I post anesthesia care unit (PACU) staffing and over-utilized operating room (OR) time resulting from delays in PACU admission. The sequencing rules are applied to each surgeon's list of cases independently.
Marcon, Eric, Dexter, Franklin
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ASSESSING AND IMPROVING QUALITY IN THE POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT

Nursing Clinics of North America, 1993
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's 10 step methodology for quality assessment and improvement is a powerful tool for addressing and resolving complex interdisciplinary problems and issues. This article presents the basics of each of the 10 steps to illustrate a post anesthesia care unit (PACU) monitoring and evaluation ...
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Arres: computer assisted post anesthesia care unit monitoring system

Images of the Twenty-First Century. Proceedings of the Annual International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003
A prototype system is being designed to provide advance warning of adverse respiratory and circulatory conditions in postanesthesia patients. The system is designed to minimize artifacts in the database, validate data for epidemiologic studies, and identify variables that predict adverse events through the application of artificial intelligence ...
P.H. Ketikidis, D.S. Kitz, J.H. Lecky, T.G. Mavrides, B.B. Matschinsky, S.J. Aukburg   +5 more
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Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Clock

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2014
Minerva R. Mendoza, Kristina Salcedo, Kevin Motley   +2 more
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Oxygen Desaturation In Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.

ABSTRACT: Background – Rationale for Clinical Audit Project: ·       Hypoxemia is a major problem in the immediate post-operative and during the transport period from Operation theatre to Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). ·       Effective and early management can reduce morbidity and mortality.
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Visiting the Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2008
Deidre Devaux, Danielle Coutu, Jeanne Lanchester   +2 more
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Planning for post‐pandemic cancer care delivery: Recovery or opportunity for redesign?

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2021
Pelin Cinar, Daniela A Bota, Emad Elquza
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Critical care management of chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy recipients

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Alexander Shimabukuro-Vornhagen, Boris Böll, Peter Schellongowski   +2 more
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