Pandemic Recovery: Persistent Disparities in Access to Elective Surgical Procedures [PDF]
Annals of Surgery, 2021 Objective: To examine potential disparities in patient access to elective procedures during the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Summary of Background Data: Elective surgeries during the pandemic were limited acutely.
Lin, Joseph +5 more
semanticscholar +6 more sources
The patient’s experience of participation when admitted for elective surgical procedures: an interview study [PDF]
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being, 2023 Purpose To describe the patient’s experience of participation in their care when admitted for elective surgical procedures. Materials and methods A purposive sample of 14 patients who had undergone elective surgery was included in semi-structured ...
Maria Unbeck +3 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2022 CONTEXT Individuals with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia account for over 30% of noncritically ill hospitalized patients. Management of hyperglycemia in these patients is challenging. OBJECTIVE To support development of the Endocrine Society
Mohamed O Seisa +18 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Rescheduling of Cancelled Elective Surgical Procedures Among Older Adults Post–COVID-19 [PDF]
Can Geriatr J, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has recently put a stop to elective surgical procedures across Canada, inherently compounding already lengthy waitlists that exist within most disciplines of surgery.
Kaitlin Gonzalez +3 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Magnitude and causes of cancelation for elective surgical procedures in Debre Tabor General hospital: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
SAGE Open Med, 2021 Objectives: Elective surgical case cancelation is a common problem and can cause prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources.
Basazinew Chekol Demilew +2 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Patient Safety in Surgery, 2022 Background While extensive data are available on the postponement of elective surgical procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic for Germany, data on the impact on emergency procedures is limited.
Richard Hunger +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Preoperative fasting time in children undergoing elective surgical procedures
Rev Rene, 2021 Objective: to verify the preoperative fasting time in children undergoing elective surgical procedures. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with information obtained from 20 children’s medical records, submitted to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Results: the median fasting time was 8.03 hours. The shortest time recorded was 7
Larissa Silva Bergantini +3 more
openaire +5 more sources
Managing Portfolio of Elective Surgical Procedures: A Multidimensional Inverse Newsvendor Problem
Operational Research, 2013 We consider the problem of allocating daily hospital service capacity among several types of elective surgical procedures. Our focus is on the interaction between two major constraining hospital resources: operating room and bed capacity.
Hessam Bavafa +3 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
The likely economic impact of fewer elective surgical procedures on US hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Surgery, 2020 Background In order to help control the COVID-19 pandemic, elective procedures have been cancelled in most US hospitals by government order.
M. Best +3 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Prevalence and Predictors of Cancellation of Elective Surgical Procedures at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Surg Res Pract, 2020 Introduction. The cancellation of elective procedures has been shown to waste resources and to have the potential to increase morbidity and mortality among patients.
alfred ogwal +4 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources