Population
340 postsurgical patients in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Nonmedical factors extended PACU stays beyond medical need in 20% of cases; hypothesis-generating for targeted discharge interventions.
Actual PACU length of stay often exceeds medically appropriate stay, with nonmedical issues accounting for a significant amount of the delay.
Waddle et al. (1998) studied this question.
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