Problems in Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: Analysis of 2000 Patients' Data<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 方 才 秦凤华 杨文辉 王文芸 安徽省立医院麻醉科,合肥, 230001 Cai Fang, Fenghua Qin, Wenhui Yang, Wenyun Wang Department of Anesthesia, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei 230001, China ABSTRACT Objective:To evaluate the importance of post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) in clinical practice and to discuss some problems in PACU. Methods: 2000 postoperative patients, aged 6 Mo~90yr, 1075 (53.75%) male and 925(46.25%) female, were sent to PACU for intensive care. The anesthetic techniques included intravenous and inhalation combined anesthesia (69.85%), total intravenous anesthesia (15.4%), epidural block (7.85%), epidural combined with light general anesthesia (5.8%), and nerve block (1.1%), respectively. Results: The patients stayed in PACU for 10min ~ 3h. 1802 (90.1%) patients left PACU within 1h. 1968 (98.4%) cases returned to wards with good recovery in PACU and 32(1.6%) intubated cases were delivered to ICU for advanced monitoring and caring because of their serious conditions. Major complications and accidents, such as arrhythmia, hypoxemia, PONV, respiratory depression after extubation and dysphoria, were found during intensive care in PACU. Conclusion: The qualities about prognosis of the patients in PACU are depended on some important factors, such as monitoring equipment, emergency agents, level of staffs' technology and standard management, etc. Key Words: Operation; Recovery room; Post-anesthesia care unit Corresponding author: Cai Fang, MD:Tel:0551-2283659; E-mail:doctorfc@hotmail 麻醉后恢复室(recovery room)又称麻醉后监测治疗室(post-anesthesia care unit, PACU),是对手术麻醉后病人进行严密观察和监测,继续治疗直至病人的生命体征恢复稳定的场所。全球第一个恢复室是1923年由Dandy和 Firor 于美国Johna's Hopkins医院成立的[1],当时是作为神经外科恢复室。1942年Mayo医院建立手术恢复室[2]。时间和实践充分证明PACU能为手术麻醉后病人提供安全和高质量的监测治疗。国内PACU起步较晚,但随着人们对PACU在围手术麻醉期病人管理中所发挥重要作用的认识不断提高,PACU重要性日渐突出。我院PACU于2002年成立,迄今为止已收治病人2000余例,取得了十分满意的临床效果。本文结合临床实际工作情况,针对PACU病人监测治疗中应注意的几个问题进行讨论。 |