Incidence of postoperative residual curarization in the post-anaesthesia recovery unit
A study on the incidence and prevalence of postoperative residual curarization (PORC) in the post anaesthetic care unit (PACU) in female patients who underwent a general anaesthetic and received neuromuscular blocking drug (NMBD) for major gynaecological, breast , reconstructive or aesthetic surgery.
Dr Wendy H.L.Teoh
250 participants
Dec 3, 2013
Observational
Conditions
Summary
We aimed to characterize and define the incidence and prevalence of postoperative residual curarization (PORC) in the post anaesthetic care unit (PACU) of our tertiary referral women’s centre in 250 patients after major gynaecological, breast and aesthetic surgery. Our primary outcome variable is the incidence of PORC in awake extubated patients 10 min post-PACU arrival, where a TOF ratio <0.9 is used as criteria for defining postoperative residual weakness. Secondary outcome measures studied are the presence of side effects (nausea and vomiting), adverse respiratory events, time to PACU discharge readiness and actual length of PACU stay.
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Interventions
The incidence of PORC in awake extubated patients 10 min post-PACU arrival. (defined as a nerve stimulation Train Of Four ratio <0.9 for postoperative residual weakness.)
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ACTRN12613001357741