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A simplified scoring system for the post-operative recovery room.
A new and very simple scoring system for recording post-anaesthetic recovery is described. When numerical values are assigned to factors indicating recovery progress or lack of it is obvious. The records may have medico-legal value. It can be incorporated into the Recovery Room Record.
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There are a number of factors that prolong patients’ stay in the recovery room (RR), which are related to system or clinical issues. However, less has been discovered from the RR nurses about reasons for prolonged patient stay and recommendations to solve this issue. Prolonged patient stay of more than 2 hours in the RR interferes with the primary role of the RR nurse, which is to provide care ...
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Due to increasing health care costs, hospitals are becoming more involved in interventional health care, while more chronic care is transferred to non hospital institutions. In recent years, therefore, the role of the recovery room has changed to become the central point of periand postoperative care. A broad range of patients is now cared for in the recovery room, from those awaiting discharge...
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Objectives This lecture will cover four areas: First, the early history of the PACU will be briefly discussed so that the reasons for the need and the development of a Post Anaesthetic Care Unit can be better understood. Second, the current guidelines and suggestions for the administration and care of patients in the PACU will be appraised. The third focus will be a review of epidemiological st...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/31.5.235