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Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Objective To determine whether preoperative assessments carried out by appropriately trained nurses are inferior in quality to those carried out by preregistration house officers. Design Randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial.
Alhameed, Hameed   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Blood Pressure Targets in Perioperative Care.

open access: yesHYPERTENSION, 2018
As one of the vital signs, blood pressure (BP) is measured at least once every 5 minutes using a noninvasive cuff method in patients having anesthesia and surgery, and in many instances, BP is actually monitored beat to beat using an invasive transducing
L. Meng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Feasibility of renal resistive index measurements performed by an intermediate and novice sonographer in a volunteer population

open access: yesThe Ultrasound Journal, 2020
Background The Doppler-derived renal resistive index (RRI) is emerging as a promising bedside tool for assessing renal perfusion and risk of developing acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.
Mårten Renberg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of overlapping inpatient orthopaedic surgery: A multicenter study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BackgroundAlthough overlapping surgery is used to maximize efficiency, more empirical data are needed to guide patient safety. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the safety of overlapping inpatient orthopaedic surgery, as judged by the
Dy, Christopher J   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Astagneau   +42 more
core   +1 more source

Ketamine normalizes high-gamma power in the anterior cingulate cortex in a rat chronic pain model

open access: yesMolecular Brain, 2020
Chronic pain alters cortical and subcortical plasticity, causing enhanced sensory and affective responses to peripheral nociceptive inputs. Previous studies have shown that ketamine had the potential to inhibit abnormally amplified affective responses of
Isabel D. Friesner   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhanced perioperative care and decreased cost and length of stay after elective major spinal surgery.

open access: yesNeurosurgical Focus, 2019
OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this study was to compare total cost and length of stay (LOS) between spine surgery patients enrolled in an enhanced perioperative care (EPOC) pathway and patients receiving traditional perioperative care (TRDC).METHODSAll spine ...
D. Carr   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

BJS commission on surgery and perioperative care post-COVID-19 [PDF]

open access: green, 2021
Egide Abahuje   +99 more
openalex   +1 more source

Patient anxiety and conscious surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The amount of surgery undertaken on the conscious patient is increasing. However, many patients are anxious and resistant to such surgery. Patients (n=214) were surveyed to determine their related apprehensions.
Mitchell, MJ
core   +1 more source

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