Do you have a standard of practice around the frequency and documentation of temperature in Phase II Recovery? Is it the same regardless of the type ofanesthetic (local, regional, neurolept, general)?
Jean
SJHC, London
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Documentation frequency of temperature and other assessments is dependent on the institutional policies.
Common practice is to document a baseline temperature preoperatively. A temperature is alsotaken on arrival and discharge from phase I and phase II recovery, to faciliate assessment of discharge/transfer readiness.
For simplicity, this applies to any type of anesthesia, but is particularly important for procedures where a GA was used, or that lasted longer than 1 hr in duration (most significant temp drop is seen in the 1st hr of Sx).
Heather
OPANA
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