Prevention, recognition, and management of nursing complications in the intraoperative and postoperative surgical patient

Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Jun;41(2):151-71, v. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2006.01.005.

Abstract

A review of the literature focusing on postoperative complications reveals that the best available tools to the medical and surgical teams are recognition and prevention. This article highlights the more common postsurgical adverse events and discusses methods for preventing and treating these occurrences.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Intraoperative Complications / nursing
  • Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Malignant Hyperthermia / physiopathology
  • Malignant Hyperthermia / prevention & control*
  • Malignant Hyperthermia / therapy
  • Nurse's Role*
  • Pain, Postoperative / nursing
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / nursing
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / etiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants