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Risk Factors of Intraoperative Dysglycemia in Elderly Surgical Patients [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUNDː Dysglycemia is associated with adverse outcome including increased morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Acute insulin resistance due to the surgical stress response is seen as a major cause of so-called stress hyperglycemia. However,
Knaak, Cornelia, Kuenz, Sophia, Kurpanik, Maryam, Lachmann, Gunnar, Mörgeli, Rudolf, Spies, Claudia, Vorderwülbecke, Gerald, Windmann, Victoria, Wollersheim, Tobias   +8 more
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Supervised preoperative walking on increasing early postoperative stamina and mobility in older adults with frailty traits: A pilot and feasibility study

Health Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims Frail older adults are more than twice as likely to experience postoperative complications. Preoperative exercise may better prepare these patients through improved stamina and mobility experienced in the days following surgery.
Sanjeev Rampam, Hammad Sadiq, Jay Patel, David Meyer, Karl Uy, Jennifer Yates, Andres Schanzer, Babak Movahedi, James Lindberg, Sybil Crawford, Jerry Gurwitz, Kathleen Mazor, Mihaela Stefan, Daniel White, Matthias Walz, Alok Kapoor   +15 more
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An automated line-clearing chest tube system after cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2022
Objective: To complete the first in-human study of the automated line clearance Thoraguard chest tube system. The study focuses on the viability and efficacy of the device in comparison with conventional models as well as secondary matters such as ...
Oluwatomisin Olurotimi Obafemi, MD, Hanjay Wang, MD, Simar S. Bajaj, BS, Christian T. O'Donnell, BS, Stefan Elde, MD, Jack H. Boyd, MD   +5 more
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Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty With Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Women [PDF]

, 2018
Background This study examined whether a modern total knee arthroplasty (TKA) protocol without a tourniquet results in less patient-reported pain and in-hospital opioid consumption compared to TKA with a tourniquet.
Dilley, Julian E., Hood, Mark, Jr., Kheir, Michael M., Meneghini, R. Michael, Ziemba-Davis, Mary   +4 more
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Chlorhexidine Allergy: Current Challenges and Future Prospects

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2020
Chirawat Chiewchalermsri,1,2 Mongkhon Sompornrattanaphan,3 Chamard Wongsa,3 Torpong Thongngarm3 1Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Department of Medicine, Panyananthaphikkhu
Chiewchalermsri C, Sompornrattanaphan M, Wongsa C, Thongngarm T   +3 more
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Neurofilament Light Chain: A Candidate Biomarker of Perioperative Stroke

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
Perioperative stroke is defined as a brain infarction of ischemic or hemorrhagic etiology that occurs during surgery or within 30 days after surgery. However, identifying perioperative stroke is challenging.
Xiaoting Zhang, Huixian Wang, Li Li, Xiaoming Deng, Lulong Bo   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of the management of distal ureteral stones in children [PDF]

, 2019
Objective To determine the most cost-effective approach to the management of distal ureteral stones in children given the potential for recurrent renal colic during a trial of passage versus potential stent discomfort and complications of ureteroscopy.
Bennett, William E., Jr., Cain, Mark P., Chan, Katherine H., Downs, Stephen M., Krambeck, Amy, Misseri, Rosalia, Whittam, Benjamin M.   +6 more
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Attenuation of metabolic stress response during spinal surgery under general anaesthesia - A comparison between preoperative carbohydrate drink or no carbohydrate load

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background: Surgery is a stress which stimulates the increase of counter regulatory hormones. Pre-operative prolonged fasting increases stress further.
Arif Hossain , Sangita Mandal , Soumya Chakrabarti , Mohanchandra Mandal , Amita Acharjee   +4 more
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Effect of allogeneic intraoperative blood transfusion on survival in patients treated with radical cystectomy for nonmetastatic bladder cancer: Results from a single high-volume institution [PDF]

, 2015
Transfusion has been related to poor survival after surgery in several cancers. Recently, timing of transfusion has been proposed as crucial in the determination of poor survival expectanies after surgery, in fact, intra- operative but not postoperative ...
Briganti, Alberto, Capogrosso, Paolo, Colombo, Renzo, Cucchiara, Vito, Damiano, Rocco, Dell'Oglio, Paolo, Gandaglia, Giorgio, Luzzago, Stefano, Montorsi, Francesco, Moschini, Marco, Salonia, Andrea, Zattoni, Fabio   +11 more
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Anticoagulation Stewardship to Bridge the Implementation Gap in Perioperative Anticoagulation Management

TH Open
Lack of alignment of care protocols among providers in health care is a driver of increased costs and suboptimal patient outcomes. Perioperative anticoagulation management is a good example of a complex area where protocol creation is a clinical ...
Alfonso J. Tafur, Geoffrey D. Barnes, Vinai C. Bhagirath, James Douketis   +3 more
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