Incidence of arrhythmias in ASA I patients in the phase I PACU.
Cardiac monitoring is routinely performed on all adult patients in the immediate postoperative period in the Phase I PACU, regardless of the surgery/procedure or type of anesthesia given. This practice is based on the premise that there may be a possibility of a postanesthesia arrhythmia or cardiac event that would need to be recognized and treated. The purpose of this study was to explore whether routine cardiac monitoring is a valid practice for healthy individuals (ASA I) or merely a tradition of postanesthesia nursing care.
Daley
Kathy
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Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC, USA. kathy.daley@msj.org
Huff
Sonia
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011997:Recovery Room / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult