Journal ArticleThe Nursing clinics of North America · December 2025
Pain in children involves complex neurophysiological processes, beginning with peripheral nerve activation and culminating in the cerebral cortex. Immature inhibitory mechanisms at birth heighten sensitivity to pain. Effective assessment and management of ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · October 2025
PurposeThe purpose of this project was to assess the sustainability of a standardized nursing postoperative handoff based on the White's Fast-Track Score (WFTS) tool used between the operating room (OR) and the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). ...
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Journal ArticleAANA J · August 1, 2025
Williams syndrome is a rare congenital disorder affecting connective tissue and the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. Pediatric patients diagnosed with Williams syndrome face significant risk for cardiac collapse and death when undergoing anesthe ...
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Journal ArticleJ Perianesth Nurs · February 2025
Button battery ingestion is potentially fatal, especially in children less than 6 years of age, most commonly due to esophageal perforation. The number of ingestions and complications has risen significantly in recent decades. Impacted button batteries sho ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · February 2025
PurposeThis project aimed to implement a continuous capnography protocol in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) for postoperative adult patients who are at high risk for respiratory failure.DesignA preintervention and postintervention qua ...
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Journal ArticleAANA J · February 1, 2025
People with alternating hemiplegia of childhood undergoing general anesthesia are at risk for severe complications including critical bradycardia and hemiplegic incidents. We performed a 10-year historical cohort study and completed a subgroup analysis of ...
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Journal ArticleAANA J · October 1, 2024
Pediatric patients who undergo spinal corrective surgery often require multiple blood product transfusions. The use of antifibrinolytics, especially tranexamic acid (TXA), to mitigate intraoperative blood loss has increased in popularity. The goal of this ...
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Journal ArticleAANA journal · August 2024
Operating rooms (ORs) use energy-intensive equipment such as anesthesia gas machines, patient monitors, and lights. They are major contributors to an institution's carbon footprint; yet ORs are unoccupied 40% of the time. Implementing an initiative to powe ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · December 2023
PurposeThe purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to reintroduce and assess the feasibility of a standardized, electronic health record (EHR) handoff tool and to evaluate the sustainability of a structured, team-based approach in a p ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · August 2023
PurposeThe purpose of this project was to improve the consistency of verbal and written discharge instructions for women of childbearing age (13-55 years) taking hormonal contraceptives who receive aprepitant perioperatively, to address the need t ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · August 2023
PurposeThis quality improvement (QI) project developed and implemented a hybrid training program, that included online modules and hands-on training for experienced certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to increase confidence, knowledge, ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for Nurse Practitioners · May 1, 2023
Pediatric morbidity and mortality related to button battery ingestion has increased since the introduction of lithium batteries inside common household electronics. Larger-diameter button batteries are more likely to result in esophageal impaction in child ...
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Journal ArticleAANA J · August 2022
The following case report describes a 13-year-old child with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) who underwent magnetic resonance imaging MRI with general anesthesia and experienced a hemiplegic spell, seizure, apnea, and sudden cardiac arrest with s ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for Nurse Practitioners · April 1, 2022
Given the close proximity of nerves to veins commonly accessed for phlebotomy, venipuncture at the antecubital fossa has resulted in nerve injury, including damage to the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve. Although rare, direct needle trauma can cause p ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Heart Assoc · September 7, 2021
Background Pathogenic variation in the ATP1A3-encoded sodium-potassium ATPase, ATP1A3, is responsible for alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC). Although these patients experience a high rate of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, the pathophysiologic ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · August 2021
PurposeThe purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve consistency of discharge teaching in women who used progesterone-containing hormonal contraceptive medications and received sugammadex during general anesthesia, as there is a r ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing · October 2018
IntroductionHigh-quality evidence indicates that active cerebral oximetry monitoring during surgery improves patient outcomes in populations at risk for hemodynamic instability. This proj ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · February 2016
PurposeTo establish a structured handover in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit.DesignAn observational prequality and postquality improvement design was used.MethodsConvenience samples of 52 preimplementation and 51 postimple ...
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