Postanesthesia Scoring Methods: An Integrative Review of the Literature.

Purpose: Internationally there is no consensus on the indicators essential for determining safe recovery from anesthesia and patient readiness for discharge from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).

Design: Integrative review.

Methods: Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) as a search strategy, the literature related to PACU discharge scores were evaluated and organized into themes.