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Causes for cancellation of elective surgical procedures in a Spanish general hospital [PDF]

Anaesthesia, 2009
Summary Cancellation of scheduled surgery is undesirable for patients and an inefficient use of resources. We prospectively collected data for 52 consecutive months in a public general hospital to estimate the prevalence and causes. The overall cancellation rate was 6.5% (2559 of 39 115 scheduled operations).
A, González-Arévalo, J I, Gómez-Arnau, F J, delaCruz, J M, Marzal, S, Ramírez, E M, Corral, S, García-del-Valle   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma on the face [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018
: Leiomyosarcoma is a rare skin tumor, most common in white men in the fifth to eighth decades of life. Primary tumors are classified in dermal or subcutaneous, that differ by clinical and prognostic features. They may appear on any site of the body, but
Nathalia Dias Negrão Murback, Luiz C. Takita, Bruna Corrêa de Castro, Gunter Hans Filho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resuming Elective Surgery during Covid-19: Can Inpatient Hospitals Collaborate with Ambulatory Surgery Centers?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Background:. Little is known about the volume and scope of surgical procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and the resources that ASCs may provide to assist local health systems.
Lee Squitieri, MD, PhD, MS, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD, Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery? [PDF]

, 2013
There are a vast number of operations carried out every year, with a small proportion of patients being at highest risk of mortality and morbidity. There has been considerable work to try and identify these high-risk patients.
Shah, N, Hamilton, M
core   +1 more source

COVID-19: Implications, Reactions and Future Directions

Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Humanity has faced several foes over the centuries, a formidable one amongst them is the current pandemic of COVID-19. The symptoms of COVID-19 are more or less related to the nose and throat.
Rahim Dhanani, Muhammad Wasif, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Muntazir Hussain, Shayan Khalid Ghaloo, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Khadija Mahmood, Raza Hussain   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of disruption due to COVID-19 on operating room utilization: Experience from a secondary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Introduction/Background: The disruption caused due to corona virus disease-2019 (Covid-19) has affected the overall health care delivery worldwide. The elective services were foremost to face the restrictions and closure, subsequently they were resumed ...
Mamdouh F Althaqeel, Mohammad N Alshanwani, Khalid Alqahtani, Mohammad Shibly Khan, Zeidan A Zeidan, Noorulzaman K Mohaideen, Khalid Albahooth, Walid Altassan, Assem S A. Alzoman, Abdulaziz S Alkhaldi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

What characterizes 'the usual' preoperative education in clinical contexts?

, 2013
The literature on preoperative education is dominated by studies that employ experimental designs to measure the effects of structured programs on patient outcomes.
Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth, Hyde, Abbey
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Surgical procedures categorized by CPT coding.

, 2023
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the surgical practice throughout the world, including elective surgical care. This study investigated the characteristics of patients undergoing elective surgery, the prevalence of COVID-19 ...
Anwarul Karim (11243433), Dipa Dev (16827958), Orindom Shing Pulock (12907124), Shakera Ahmed (16827940), Mastura Akter (9399381), Puja Biswas (8339472), Anika Nahrin Alabbi (16827952), Tasmiah Tahera Aziz (16827964), Tanvir Kabir Chowdhury (16827943), Zarin Tasnim (15219542), Susmita Dey Pinky (12005755), Mraching Marma (16827961), Tahmina Banu (292580), Nowrin Tamanna (16827946), Tasnuba Raisa Jamil (16827955), Nur Hossain Bhuiyan Shahin (16827973), Hafiz Ahmed Nazmul Hakim (16827967), Fahmida Afroz (16827949), A. K. M. Khairul Basher (16827970)   +18 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A rational approach to manage surgical procedures in COVID Era – A perspective based on experience in a private referral hospital

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2020
Background and Aims: COVID-19 disease has imposed challenges in caring for non-Covid elective surgical patients. As elective surgeries become essential, we propose to evaluate our approach and outcomes of surgical procedures performed during the initial ...
Rama Gupta, Bishav Mohan, Kamakshi Garg, Ashima Taneja, Satpal S Virk, Anju Grewal, Rajesh Mahajan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source