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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
versión impresa ISSN 0120-5307versión On-line ISSN 2216-0280
Resumen
QUISPE MENDOZA, Isabel Yovana y DE CASSIA GIANI PENICHE, Aparecida. Risk factors for complications in the post anesthesia period in elderly patients. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.3, pp.355-362. ISSN 0120-5307.
Objective. To identify the risk for complications in the post anesthesia recovery period in elderly patients. Methodology. Retrospective descriptive study. Data were collected from elderly patients medical records. Results. 110 patients were studied and had the following profile: male sex (56.4%, hypertensive (32.7%), and classified as ASA II (60.0%).With regard to the intraoperative: underwent abdominal surgery (53.6%), general anesthesia was given (50.9%), were in a supine position during the surgery (81.8%) and the intraoperative period was under three hours (62.7%). The most common complications were: Hypothermia (55.5%), pain (43.6%) and high blood pressure (36.4%). Conclusion. The preoperative visit importance to evaluate the risk factors that could influence in the surgical procedure was shown.
Palabras clave : aged; nursing care; anesthesia recovery period; postoperative complications.