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Perioperative Care of the Elderly

International Journal of Gerontology, 2007
SUMMARYThe geriatric population is growing in number and complexity in modern surgical practice. This challenging group presents differences in physiology and outcomes that make a more comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach necessary. This review emphasizes the meticulous assessment and preparation in all facets before surgery, including a ...
Shih‐Ping Cheng, Tsen‐Long Yang, Kuo‐Shyang Jeng, Jie-Jen Lee, Tsang‐Pai Liu, Chien‐Liang Liu   +5 more
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A cohort study investigating the occurrence of differences in care provided to men and women in an intensive care unit

Scientific Reports, 2021
It has been reported that there are differences in the care given within the intensive care unit (ICU) between men and women. The aim of this study is to investigate if any differences still exist between men and women regarding the level of intensive ...
Erik Zettersten, Gabriella Jäderling, Max Bell, Emma Larsson   +3 more
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Postinjury Sepsis—Associations With Risk Factors, Impact on Clinical Course, and Mortality: A Retrospective Observational Study

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
OBJECTIVES:. Overall outcomes for trauma patients have improved over time. However, mortality for postinjury sepsis has been reported to be unchanged.
Jesper Eriksson, MD, Ann-Charlotte Lindström, MD, Elisabeth Hellgren, CCRN, Ola Friman, CCRN, Emma Larsson, MD, Mikael Eriksson, MD, Anders Oldner, MD   +6 more
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Four Acid-Base Disturbances in a Critically-Ill Patient Undergoing Emergent Abdominal Surgery

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2022
Lactic acidosis is common in critically-ill surgical patients, but not all perioperative acid-base imbalances are attributable to tissue hypoperfusion.
Orestes Mavrothalassitis, Balkarn S. Thind, Ashish Agrawal   +2 more
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Temporal patterns of organ dysfunction after severe trauma

Critical Care, 2021
Background Understanding temporal patterns of organ dysfunction (OD) may aid early recognition of complications after trauma and assist timing and modality of treatment strategies.
Jesper Eriksson, David Nelson, Anders Holst, Elisabeth Hellgren, Ola Friman, Anders Oldner   +5 more
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Near-miss hypoglycemia—reflections on perioperative glucose management guidelines in diabetics

BMC Anesthesiology, 2023
Background The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has an impressive array of professional perioperative guidelines but has not issued a guideline specific to perioperative blood glucose management and does not delve into the topic in their other
Rabeel Ahmad, Rotem Naftalovich, George Tewfik, Jean Daniel Eloy, Daniel T. Rodriguez-Correa   +4 more
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Perioperative diabetes care [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2019
People with diabetes occupy approximately 18% of all acute inpatient hospital beds in the UK, compared with 6.5% of the general population. For those undergoing surgery, having diabetes is known to be associated with increased harms, however harm is defined.
Nicholas Levy, Ketan Dhatariya
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Distinct phases of adult microglia proliferation: a Myc-mediated early phase and a Tnfaip3-mediated late phase

Cell Discovery, 2022
Microgliosis is a hallmark of many neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, seizure, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, and peripheral and optic nerve injuries.
Wulin Tan, Po-Yi Paul Su, Jacqueline Leff, Xiang Gao, Jiao Chen, Andrew K. Guan, Gokul Kalyanasundaram, Averil Ma, Zhonghui Guan   +8 more
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Prehabilitation in perioperative care [PDF]

British Journal of Surgery, 2017
More work needed on improving fitness for ...
K Moorthy, Venetia Wynter-Blyth
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Effects of pre-emptive pregabalin and multimodal anesthesia on postoperative opioid requirements in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

BMC Urology, 2021
Background Previous findings indicate that pre-emptive pregabalin as part of multimodal anesthesia reduces opioid requirements compared to conventional anesthesia in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
K. Sisa, S. Huoponen, O. Ettala, H. Antila, T. I. Saari, P. Uusalo   +5 more
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