title: [Postoperative nursing care of patients submitted to thoracoabdominal aortic surgery].
abstract: Patients who underwent surgery of the thoracoabdominal aorta require, in the post-operative period, special nursing care, related to the specificity and complexity of the disease and surgical procedure. This paper is aimed at to describe the nurse's experience of the Intensive Care Unit of the Vascular Surgical Department at Santa Maria Hospital in the management of these critical patients.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Universitária de Cirurgia Vascular, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
authors.forename: Anibal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rufino
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Maria do Céu
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010360:Patient Transfer; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects