Adequate pain relief after surgery is essential for avoiding pain-associated stress and patient comfort in the postoperative period. The Swedish nurse anesthetist has an important role in the intraoperative management of the surgical patient by assessing and moderating individual physiological response evoked by surgical stimuli during general anesthesia. The extent to which knowledge of specif...

Bakgrunn: Bruk av nevromuskulær blokade er en integrert del dagens anestesipraksis, og risiko for restcurarisering til stede. Dette kan medføre postoperative lungekomplikasjoner. «Norsk standard anestesi» gjør monitorering obligatorisk. Studier har vist varierende kunnskap om bruk reverserende medikamenter blant anestesipersonell. Problemstilling: Hvordan vurderer praktiserer anestesipersonell ...

PURPOSE Establishing a purposive interaction with a patient who is in a vulnerable situation before coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery poses a challenge for the nurse anesthetist. The aim of this study was to identify and describe the interaction between the patient and the nurse anesthetist immediately before elective CABG surgery. DESIGN An observational study using a grounded theo...

PurposeThe aim of this research project was to describe the education, competence, and role nurses working in postanesthesia care unit (PACU) 11 countries having an established perianesthesia specialty nursing organization membership on International Collaboration PeriAnaesthesia Nurses, Inc (ICPAN) Global Advisory Council (GAC).DesignThis is a descriptive international cross-sectional study.Me...

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a potentially fatal disease process that has been linked to higher rates of morbidity and mortality as well as increased perioperative complications. OSA is characterized by repetitive pauses in breathing during sleep. Greater than 92% of women and 82% of men who are plagued by moderate to severe sleep apnea are undiagnosed and may go unrecognized in...

This retrospective study was designed to compare the cost of anesthesia in three different groups of patients who received general anesthesia for a diagnostic dilatation and curettage procedure. The analysis included 194 patients, ASA physical status I, II, or III. All patients were outpatients with similar body mass index and age. The three groups were thiopental/isoflurane (n = 13), propofol/...

patients and methods a questionnaire was developed by a departmental checklist focus group, which aimed to identify the perception of health care checklists in general as well as specific checklists for routine and crisis situations in anesthesia. furthermore participants were asked regarding their perception of performing routine anesthesia and managing crisis situations without any cognitive ...