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Elective plastic surgical procedures in adolescence
Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 2004Adolescent 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.
Wesley G Schooler, Mary H. McGrath
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EFFECTIVE USE OF BLOOD IN ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Medical Journal of Australia, 1979The 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.
David Roxby +3 more
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Blood utilization in elective surgical procedures in Ilorin
Tropical Journal of Health Sciences, 2006Blood utilization was evaluated in elective surgical procedures over a period of 6 months using different indices such as crossmatch to transfusion ratio(C/T ratio), transfusion probability (%T), and transfusion index (TI). Out of 436 units of blood crossmatched for 207 patients, only 132 were transfused with no utilization of 69.7% of crossmatched ...
BO Bolaji, HO Olawumi
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Hypokalemia of various etiologies complicating elective surgical procedures
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984During 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.
Robert A. Sack, William F. Kroener
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A Guideline for Anticipated Blood Usage during Elective Surgical Procedures [PDF]
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.
Sherwood S. Hill +4 more
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Transfusion Thresholds in Common Elective Surgical Procedures in Finland
Vox Sanguinis, 2000Abstract 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 ...
G. Myllylä, Leena Capraro, L. Nuutinen
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Effects of Screening by Consultants on Recommended Elective Surgical Procedures
New England Journal of Medicine, 1974Abstract To assess the need for elective operations recommended to a group of union members, 1356 self-selected patients were re-examined by board-certified specialists.
Eugene G. MCCarthy, Geraldine W. Widmer
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Renal replacement therapy after elective surgical procedures
Khirurgiya. Zhurnal im. N.I. Pirogova, 2019Acute 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.
V. V. Nikoda +4 more
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Blood Ordering Practices in Elective and Emergency Surgical Procedures
Scottish Medical Journal, 1998A 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. This practice contributes to the wasteful outdating of blood held in cross match status but never
C. Tait +3 more
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Sleep Deprivation, Elective Surgical Procedures, and Informed Consent
New England Journal of Medicine, 2010The 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.
Charles A. Czeisler +2 more
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