Articles: postoperative.
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A recent systematic review and meta-analysis by Wang and colleagues in the British Journal of Anaesthesia calls into question the concept that perioperative benzodiazepine administration is associated with development of postoperative delirium in older individuals after anaesthesia and surgery. This editorial focuses on potential bias within the systematic review and addresses major concerns surrounding benzodiazepine use in the older perioperative population.
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Preoperative assessment of pain fear could provide essential information for improving perioperative care and could be the first step toward targeted pain management. ⋯ In this research, findings demonstrated that as the patients' pain fear increased, postoperative pain severity and amount of analgesia increased. Providing pain management with analgesics increases comfort in patients, but it may cause secondary problems in patients who use high-dose analgesics. Therefore, reducing pain fear, which is one of the main factors in pain, is essential in pain management.
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2023
Observational StudyAssessments of perioperative respiratory pattern with non-contact vital sign monitor in children undergoing minor surgery: a prospective observational study.
Nurses routinely assess respiration of hospitalized children; however, respiratory rate measurements are technically difficult due to rapid and small chest wall movements. The aim of this study is to reveal the respiratory status of small children undergoing minor surgery with load cells placed under the bed legs, and to test the hypothesis that respiratory rate (primary variable) is slower immediately after arrival to the ward and recovers in 2 h. ⋯ UMIN (University Hospital Information Network) Clinical Registry: UMIN000045579 ( https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000052039 ).