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Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 35:178-184
Background: Forced-air warming and resistive-polymer heating blankets are both popular devices used to prevent inadvertent hypothermia in the perioperative patient. There are differing reports in the literature as to which method is most efficacious.
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 88(6)
Patients with neuromuscular diseases such as myasthenia gravis can present as complicated anesthetic cases. This article reviews anesthetic considerations for optimal perioperative care of patients with myasthenia gravis. The pathophysiology of myast
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 86(1)
This article reviews nitrous oxide and explores current practice standards for use of nitrous oxide in managing labor analgesia. Inhaled nitrous oxide is used in the labor process for analgesia as well as for anxiolysis in many countries but is rarel
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 85(4)
Antibiotic prophylaxis plays an important role in the prevention of surgical site infections. For healthcare institutions to receive reimbursement, compliance with current measures introduced by the Surgical Care Improvement Project is required. Anes
Autor:
Kathleen, Alwon, Ian, Hewer
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 84(5)
Perioperative vision loss (POVL) associated with routine surgical procedures is a rare but catastrophic event. Although no clear direct cause of POVL has been determined, it is theorized that decreased ocular perfusion pressure of the optic nerve is
Autor:
Nathan I. Shapiro, Alice M. Mitchell, Jeffrey A. Kline, Jennifer L. Troyer, Ian Hewer, Alan E. Jones
Publikováno v:
Academic Emergency Medicine. 22:525-535
Objectives Quantitative pretest probability (qPTP) incorporated into a decision support tool with advice can reduce unnecessary diagnostic testing among patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and pulmonary embolism (PE), r
Autor:
Scott B. Robinson, Joshua M Noone, Sarah B. Laditka, Shweta Shah, Ian Hewer, Sabrina Jones Niggel
Publikováno v:
The Social Science Journal. 50:565-574
This study explores the relationship between adult obesity prevalence and obesity-related state policymaking in the United States. We examine whether 2009 obesity prevalence and the change in prevalence between 2000 and 2009 are associated with obesi
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 84(3)
Blood loss during surgical procedures poses a grave risk to the patient, but transfusion is costly and associated with adverse outcomes. Antifibrinolytics, however, offer an economical and effective means of decreasing blood loss associated with surg
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 84(2)
The coagulation cascade is a dynamic process dependent on many factors. It involves interaction between primary hemostasis, platelet clot formation, secondary hemostasis, thrombin generation, and fibrinolysis. The assessment of this process is partic
Publikováno v:
AANA journal. 84(1)
This article provides an update on residual neuromuscular blockade for nurse anesthetists. The neuromuscular junction, pharmacology for producing and reversing neuromuscular blockade, monitoring sites and methods, and patient implications relating to