Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (성인간호학회지)

Korean Society of Adult Nursing (한국성인간호학회)
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Factors Influencing Length of Stay at the Recovery Room among Elderly Patients Undergone General Anesthesia

노인 수술 환자의 회복실 체류시간에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Kim, Sun-Mi (Department of Anesthesiology, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • So, Hee-Young (College of Nursing, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Mi-Hyang (Department of Anesthesiology, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Myou-Yun (Department of Anesthesiology, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, Myoung-Jin (Department of Nursing, Hye Chun University)
  • Received : 2010.07.29
  • Accepted : 2010.11.30
  • Published : 2011.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: The study was designed to identify the factors that influence the length of stay of elderly people in the recovery room. Methods: The design of the study was descriptive correlation. The subjects were 196 general anesthesia patients. The data were analyzed by SPSS/WIN 17.0 program. Results: The average length of stay in the recovery room was 62.62 minutes. The length of stay in the recovery room was influenced by age (27.50%); number of diseases (12.97%) and albumin level (6.75%). Other related post operative factors (30.98%) were abnormal ABGA, shivering, PAR score, pain, arrhythmia, amount of bleeding, cardiovascular complication, hypertension and delirium. Those factors explained 78.2% out of the total variance of the length of stay. The strongest effector was the abnormal ABGA (${\beta}$=.226) and then shivering (${\beta}$=.222). Conclusion: The influencing factors should be assessed and monitored for the aged before and after surgery. Further research is needed to find the exact factors for ICU transfer elderly from recovery room and emergency surgery target.

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