title: Perioperative care of environmentally sensitive patients.
abstract: In today's complex environment, with an increasing number of chemicals and environmental contamination, some individuals have developed sensitivities to their surroundings. Surgical intervention for environmentally sensitive patients provides an opportunity to reach beyond the boundaries of the OR. These patients require highly individualized perioperative nursing assessments and care planning on a multidisciplinary level. Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas has developed a protocol to initiate collaborative planning for these patients and has had the opportunity to successfully care for these patients.
authors.affiliation: Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Huggins
mesh_terms: D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018777:Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative