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23 cze 2022 · Care should be taken to provide adequate eye care (e.g., eye drops, taping the eyelid shut at night). Injury to lower cranial nerves may impair coughing and swallowing. Caution should be undertaken when extubating patients and advancing their diet.
4 maj 2018 · Postoperative care of patients after having undergone craniotomy or craniectomy is common in the surgical ICU. It is vital for a modern surgical intensivist to have an understanding of indications for craniotomies and craniectomies, to have basic understanding of how...
14 paź 2014 · Nursing care should aim to recognize and mitigate common complications associated with DC. The patient care team must coordinate services as potential complications and patient care post-DC span multiple weeks and care settings.
3 cze 2022 · In this chapter, the management of the postoperative craniotomy patient is reviewed. Definitions, surgical indications, and common complications are provided. It provides a checklist for important information to collect from the surgeons and anesthesiologists, a...
1 sie 2021 · Objectives of Project. • Establish inclusion criteria to identify patients who can safely bypass the ICU and receive ICU level care in PACU prior to discharge to floor. • Improve patient safety by reducing number of transfers of care from 3 teams to 2 teams.
7 maj 2021 · A wide range of evidence-based interventions are available to improve recovery after elective craniotomy, although there are few published ERAS protocols. Patient-centered optimization of neurosurgical care spanning the pre-, intra-, and postoperative periods is feasible and has already provided pos ….
Nursing assessment of patients in the days and first weeks after DC should be frequent and thorough, and focused on the potential to develop neurological deterioration from continued
