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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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Blood Ordering Practices in Elective and Emergency Surgical Procedures

Scottish Medical Journal, 1998
A retrospective study of preoperative blood ordering practices for 20 commonly performed elective and emergency general surgical procedures was carried out in a Glasgow teaching hospital. It was found that 50.6% of cross-matched blood was returned unused.
R S, Patel, J P, Richardson, C, Tait, J R, Anderson   +3 more
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A Guideline for Anticipated Blood Usage during Elective Surgical Procedures

American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1979
A realistic guideline for transfusion therapy was prepared, with the cooperation of the departments of anesthesiology and surgery, in order to reduce excessive crossmatching. The guideline recommends an ABO-Rh type and an antibody screen, instead of the ""routine'' two-unit crossmatch, for elective surgical procedures where blood is seldom used.
L I, Boral, F J, Dannemiller, W, Stanford, S S, Hill, T A, Cornell   +4 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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Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver Transplantation and Elective Cardiac Surgical Procedures

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2011
Many centers are reticent to list patients for liver transplantation until coexistent cardiac disease is surgically corrected. Previous studies have documented considerable morbidity and mortality in liver failure patients undergoing cardiac operations. This study examined whether elective cardiac operations at the time of hepatic transplantation would
Brian, Lima, Edward R, Nowicki, Charles M, Miller, Koji, Hashimoto, Nicholas G, Smedira, Gonzalo V, Gonzalez-Stawinski   +5 more
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Resident impact on operative duration for elective general surgical procedures

The American Journal of Surgery, 2017
Resident involvement in operations increases operative duration. This study investigated resident impact on operative time for a single general surgeon in an outpatient surgical setting.A retrospective review was performed of index general surgical operations meeting inclusion criteria.
Matthew B, Dull, Chad P, Gier, Joseph T, Carroll, Dylan D, Hutchison, David J, Hobbs, Jeffrey C, Gawel   +5 more
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A Set Packing Approach for Scheduling Elective Surgical Procedures

2006
The efficient scheduling of surgical procedures to operating rooms in a hospital is a complex problem due to limited resources (e.g. medical staff, equipment) and conflicting objectives (e.g. reduce running costs and increase staff and patient satisfaction).
Rafael Velásquez, M. Teresa Melo
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Elective Gynecologic Surgical Procedures

Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, 2001
MOST PELVIC SURGEONS ACCEPT THE THESIS that before prophylactic antibiotics are considered for routine use, certain conditions must be met. Among them, the operation is to take place through a contaminated surgical field, it has been established that by not using prophylaxis with that particular procedure the rate of infection is high, and infectious ...
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[Evaluating elective surgical procedures in ulcer surgery].

Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 1996
Elective surgical treatment of peptic ulcers is less important after the introduction of effective conservative treatment. However, in a chronic recurrent disease all options of treatment have a place. In duodenal ulcer highly selective vagotomy is the procedure of choice despite the high recurrence rate, since it has a low operative risk and a low ...
H D, Becker, E, Jehle, M, Kreis
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Blood Utilization in Elective Surgical Procedures

American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1978
John Bernard Henry, Paul D. Mintz
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