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FTP5.11 Consenting for Elective Surgical Procedures

British Journal of Surgery, 2023
Abstract Background Guidelines by the Royal College of Surgeons, Department of Health and General Medical Council state that consenting for surgical procedures should be a process, rather than a one-off event, for patients with capacity to make a fully informed decision.
Mai Nishijo, Niroshan Sivasothy, Subramaniam Gurunaidu   +2 more
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Elective plastic surgical procedures in adolescence

Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 2004
Adolescent patients are seeking plastic surgery to correct deformities or perceived deformities in increasing numbers. It is essential for the physician to understand the influence of perceived body image irregularity that motivates patients of all ages to request plastic surgery.
Mary H, McGrath, Wesley G, Schooler
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Renal replacement therapy after elective surgical procedures

Khirurgiya. Zhurnal im. N.I. Pirogova, 2019
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is not a rare postoperative complication in surgical patients. AKI dramatically affects patient's condition, increases hospital-stay and risk of lethal outcome. Moreover, AKI may be followed by deterioration of basic renal function in short- and long-term period.
T V, Marchenko, V V, Nikoda, E A, Lishova, A V, Goncharova, R B, Mayachkin   +4 more
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Hypokalemia of various etiologies complicating elective surgical procedures

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984
During a 12-month period, 7933 surgical procedures were performed in a suburban intercommunity hospital. Thirty scheduled procedures were cancelled preoperatively by the anesthesia department because the level of serum potassium was below 3.2 mEq/L.
R A, Sack, W F, Kroener
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EFFECTIVE USE OF BLOOD IN ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Medical Journal of Australia, 1979
The preoperative requests for crossmatching of blood in elective surgical procedures were studied at the Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia. The study revealed that surgeons order crossmatched blood on the basis of habit. This led to considerable time-expiry of blood, and to unnecessary use of laboratory personnel's time and reagents.
R S, Seshadri, W R, Odell, D, Roxby, A A, Morley   +3 more
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Sleep Deprivation, Elective Surgical Procedures, and Informed Consent

New England Journal of Medicine, 2010
The performance of scheduled elective surgery is one practice area that may be amenable to policies — beginning with informed consent — aimed at improving patient safety by reducing the adverse effects of physicians' sleep deprivation.
Michael, Nurok, Charles A, Czeisler, Lisa Soleymani, Lehmann   +2 more
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Evaluating opioid prescribing patterns following discharge from elective surgical procedures: a worrying trend during the ‘opioid crisis’ — an audit of elective surgical procedures

Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 2023
The 'opioid crisis' has reached epidemic proportions globally. Importantly, 30% of opioid dependency stem from opioids obtained on hospital discharge prescriptions.The aim of this study is to evaluate opioid prescription patterns on discharge of post-operative patients in an Irish Hospital.A retrospective cohort study was undertaken in a single ...
Aengus Meldon, Matthew G. Davey, William P. Joyce   +2 more
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Transfusion Thresholds in Common Elective Surgical Procedures in Finland

Vox Sanguinis, 2000
Abstract Background and Objectives: Transfusion practices and thresholds in common elective surgical procedures were investigated in a nationwide multicenter survey in Finland. Materials and Methods: The records of 764 total hip replacement (THR), 397 total knee replacement (TKR) and 343 transurethral resection of the prostate ...
L, Capraro, L, Nuutinen, G, Myllylä
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