title: Interdisciplinary rounds in the postanesthesia care unit: a new perioperative paradigm.
abstract: Patients in the perioperative and postanesthesia care unit (PACU) experience several transitions in patient care at the same time that the majority of major morbidities will arise. The transitions for these patients are at the critical juncture between surgery and a steady sustained recovery. Historically these important medical problems have been addressed as a nonformalized process. The authors have introduced a formalized process, based on interdisciplinary rounding strategies used in intensive care units, to attend patients and address problems.
authors.affiliation: Perioperative Nursing, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Nicole.Hoke@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoke
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007813:Laparotomy; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010092:Oximetry; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011997:Recovery Room / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D056164:Teaching Rounds; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy