Gay Sammons

ORCID: 0000-0001-9792-7870
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  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Facial Trauma and Fracture Management

University of Central Lancashire
2018

Elderly patients who require surgical interventions often have multiple comorbidities that complicate their intraoperative and postoperative care. Surgical team members should consider all potential problems elderly may experience base perioperative care on assessment. This article discusses the use of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block in undergoing procedures to relieve pain reduce narcotics or sedatives during immediate extended recovery period. By reducing narcotics, TAP improves...

10.1016/j.aorn.2015.09.003 article EN AORN Journal 2015-10-26
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