Effects of Transport on Oral Temperature of Postsurgical Patients Transported from PACU to Nursing Units.

Autor: Dureault K; Clinical Education Department, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA., Winokur EJ; Clinical Education Department, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA., Rutledge DN; Clinical Education Department, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Electronic address: dana.rutledge@stjoe.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses [J Perianesth Nurs] 2020 Aug; Vol. 35 (4), pp. 413-416. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2020.02.002
Abstrakt: Purpose: To determine the impact of transport from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to inpatient nursing units on postsurgical patient temperature.
Design: Exploratory correlational study.
Methods: PACU discharge oral temperatures of postsurgical adult patients were compared with oral temperature at unit transfer.
Findings: Temperatures on PACU discharge ranged from 97.3°F to 100.0°F (mean [M], 98.1 [0.5]), whereas those on unit arrival ranged from 97.3°F to 99.8°F (M, 98.0 [0.5]). Temperature differences between arrival and discharge ranged from -1.5°F to 0.9°F (M, -0.05 [0.34]); most showed decreases (n = 49; 52.7%). Correlations between temperature change and other variables (transport time, age, and gender) were less than 0.10 and nonsignificant.
Conclusions: Transfers from the PACU to other hospital units may not clinically impact oral temperatures in postsurgical patients. However, post-transfer temperature should be monitored to assure that hypothermia does not occur.
(Copyright © 2020 American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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