Analysis of adverse outcomes in the post-anesthesia care unit based on anesthesia liability data

DB Kellner, RD Urman, P Greenberg… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
… to a post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) postoperatively. PACU care is characterized by a …
, defined as the need for transfer to an intensive care unit (ICU) or similar setting, and nearly …

The post anesthesia care unit: Unique contribution, unique risk

A Allen, JM Badgwell - Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 1996 - Elsevier
… Am J Respir Crit Care Med 152:808-811, 1995 22. Walton SB: Defining the breathing zone
of the post anesthesia care unit nurse, Working Paper, Safe Environments in Anesthesia …

Reducing boarding in a postanesthesia care unit

C Price, B Golden, M Harrington… - Production and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
… This can lead to the boarding of patients overnight in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)
because intensive care unit beds are unavailable. In this paper, we apply integer …

Patient flow in the post anesthesia care unit: an observational study

MJ Tessler, L Mitmaker, RM Wahba… - Canadian journal of …, 1999 - Springer
… A University student recorded the flow of 336 patients who recovered in our Post Anesthesia
Care Unit. The corresponding nursing and orderly complements were recorded. If a delay …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory depression in the post-anesthesia care unit: Mayo Clinic experience

ML Laporta, J Sprung… - Bosnian journal of basic …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… dedicated nursing units to provide high-level of care to … units became known as post-anesthesia
care units (PACU or … , nowadays, became a standard of care in surgical practices [11]. As …

Time to recovery after general anesthesia at hospitals with and without a phase I post-anesthesia care unit: a historical cohort study

KN Thenuwara, T Yoshimura… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - search.proquest.com
… Abstract Purpose There is little knowledge about how hospitals can best handle disruptions
that reduce post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) capacity. Few hospitals in Japan have any …

Efficiency and efficacy of planning and care on a post-anesthesia care unit: a retrospective cohort study

B van Tunen, M Klimek, K Leendertse-Verloop… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
… In the post-anesthesia care unit in our hospital, selected postoperative patients receive care
… between elective preoperative planning for post-anesthesia care unit admission and the …

Incidence and factors associated with postanesthesia care unit complications in resource‐limited settings: An observational study

B Abebe, N Kifle, M Gunta, T Tantu… - Health Science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Postoperative complications are frequent encounters in the patients
admitted to postanesthesia care units (PACU). The main aim of this study was to assess the …

Adverse respiratory events in a post-anesthesia care unit

D Xará, A Santos, F Abelha - Archivos de Bronconeumología (English …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Adverse respiratory events (AREs) are leading causes of postoperative morbidity
and mortality. This study investigated the incidence and determinants of postoperative ARE…

[PDF][PDF] Postoperative residual curarization: clinical observation in the post-anesthesia care unit

CC Tsai, HS Chung, PL Chen, CM Yu… - … Gung Med J, 2008 - cgmj.cgu.edu.tw
… The aim of this study was to survey the PORC in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). … of
patients upon arrival in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to survey the PORC in the PACU. …