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Undergoing Orthopaedic Day Surgery: What Factors Are Associated With patients' Feeling of Safety and Their Recovery?

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The study aimed to examine factors associated with the perceived feeling of safety and postoperative recovery in patients who have undergone orthopaedic day surgery under regional anaesthesia. Design The design was quantitative, descriptive, and cross‐sectional.
Fanny Larsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stratification of surgical site infection by operative factors and comparison of infection rates after hernia repair [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
OBJECTIVE: The National Healthcare Safety Network does not risk adjust surgical site infection (SSI) rates after hernia repair by operative factors. We investigated whether operative factors are associated with risk of SSI after hernia repair.
Fraser, Victoria J   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Medical decision‐making under risk and uncertainty: Anesthetists' decision to proceed with surgery

open access: yesRisk Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a paucity of work examining anesthetists' willingness to proceed as attending anesthetists (hereafter, WTP) in response to different risky medical conditions. Earlier studies offer only a partial and indirect explanation as to why variations in WTP exist.
Zijing Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Germ cell and other tumors in individuals with differences in sex development

open access: yesCA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, EarlyView.
Abstract Approximately one in 3500 to one in 5100 live‐born infants have atypical external genital development, known as differences in sex development (DSD). In 2005, an expert consensus conference thoroughly reviewed aspects of health care for individuals with DSD.
Selma Feldman Witchel   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Choice of Inguinal Hernia Repair Technique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Inguinal hernia repair surgery is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures worldwide. This study sought to highlight factors that may influence decisions concerning inguinal hernia repair techniques.Methods: This descriptive ...
Awori, Mark   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

An innovative benefit‐of‐the‐doubt approach for health system effectiveness: a global case study on amenable mortality

open access: yesInternational Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 2847-2877, September 2025.
Abstract Health system performance assessment (HSPA) is essential for health planning and to improve population health. One of the HSPA domains is related to effectiveness, which can be represented considering different dimensions. Composite indicators can be used to summarize complex constructs involving several indicators. One example of such efforts
Giovanna D'Inverno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comorbidities Associated with Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm has become increasingly important owing to demographic changes. Some other diseases, for example, cholecystolithiasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hernias, seem to co-occur with abdominal aortic ...
Althoff, Christian E.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Does SMS Message Sent by Nurse After Radical Prostatectomy Affect Quality of Life?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urological Nursing, Volume 19, Issue 2, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Is there any effect of discharge education content delivered via SMS by nurses on the quality‐of‐life scores of patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy (RP)? Although RP offers the greatest potential for a definitive cure in localised prostate cancer and improves overall survival, it is associated with various psychosocial and ...
Elif Nur Karasu, Isil Isik Andsoy
wiley   +1 more source

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