Associations Between Oversedation and Agitation in Postanesthesia Recovery Room and Subsequent Severe Behavioral Emergencies
Mary Labib,
Atousa Deljou,
Robert J. Morgan
et al.
Abstract:Objectives
Hospital-based behavioral emergency response teams (BERT) respond to acute behavioral disturbances among hospitalized patients. We aimed to examine associations between altered mental status in postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and behavioral disturbances on surgical wards requiring BERT activation.
Methods
Electronic medical records of patients who underwent general anesthesia and were admitted to the PACU between May 2018–December 2020 were r… Show more
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