Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
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J. Perianesth. Nurs. · Jun 2014
Comfort and hope in the preanesthesia stage in patients undergoing surgery.
Comfort and hope have been identified as important components in the care of perianesthesia patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between comfort and hope in the preanesthesia stage in patients undergoing surgery. ⋯ Overall, this study showed that a significant relationship exists between comfort and hope. Additionally, some demographic characteristics influenced comfort and hope in these patients. Health care providers should arrange the environment in a way that allows the surgical patients to experience comfort and hope and recognize the impact of personal characteristics when caring for surgical patients, particularly in the preanesthesia stage.
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J. Perianesth. Nurs. · Jun 2014
Determining health personnel's application trends of new guidelines for preoperative fasting: findings from a survey.
For over a century, the discontinuation of oral food intake preoperatively after midnight has been routinely applied. Although routine fasting during the night before elective surgery has been abandoned by many modern centers, preoperative fasting after midnight continues as a routine practice. ⋯ This study was carried out in a hospital and based on the statements of health staff. Therefore, the findings of the study are suggestive in nature and cannot be generalized. We recommend that the study should be conducted with larger sample groups and that actual preoperative fasting periods of the patients should be determined.
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J. Perianesth. Nurs. · Apr 2014
Association of abdominal obesity in children with perioperative respiratory adverse events.
Waist circumference (WC), a measure of abdominal obesity, is associated with several chronic disorders. Less is known about the association between WC and acute perioperative adverse events. The purpose of the present investigation was to test the hypothesis that abdominal obesity increases the occurrence of perioperative adverse events in children undergoing elective, noncardiac surgeries. ⋯ WC, a measure of abdominal obesity, is an independent predictor of perioperative respiratory adverse events in children undergoing elective noncardiac surgery. Furthermore, abdominal obesity was associated with prolonged PACU length of stay.