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Perioperative Care

, 2020
The chapter covers pre-op assessment in the context of limited availability to tests and investigations outlining the key considerations that should be made in assessing fitness for and appropriateness of surgery. Key aspects of consent within different cultural contexts are explored as well as important consent considerations for quality improvement ...
Tom Bashford, Wayne Morriss, Clare Roques, Naomi Shamambo, Matt Wilkes   +4 more
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Longitudinal Analysis of Traditional Inflammatory Markers (IL-6, CRP) Juxtaposed With Heparin-Binding Protein (HBP) and Serum Amyloid A Protein Component (SAA) During Acute Infection and Convalescence From COVID-19 Infection in the Context of Initial Viral Load and Markers of Tissue Destruction

Journal of Immunology Research
Conclusions: The persistence of inflammatory markers suggests ongoing inflammatory responses post-COVID-19 infection. Significant heterogeneity observed in inflammatory responses upon admission indicates multiple distinct inflammatory phenotypes, which ...
Ahmed Sayed Ahmed, Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Hossam Gad, Mohamed Antar, Abdelhamed Elgazar, Vasishta Anil, Daniel A. Diedrich, Krzysztof Laudanski   +7 more
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Left atrial contraction strain and controlled preload alterations, a study in healthy individuals

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2022
Background In order to assess left atrial contractile function in disturbed circulatory conditions, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of how it behaves in a normal resting state with changes in loading conditions.
Peter Gottfridsson, Roman A’Roch, Per Lindqvist, Lucy Law, Tomi Myberg, Magnus Hultin, Alexander A’Roch, Michael Haney   +7 more
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Assessment of pulmonary edema: principles and practice [PDF]

, 2018
Pulmonary edema increasingly is recognized as a perioperative complication affecting outcome. Several risk factors have been identified, including those of cardiogenic origin, such as heart failure or excessive fluid administration, and those related to ...
Assaad, Sherif, Friedman, Malcolm B., Kratzert, Wolf B., Perrino, Albert, Shelley, Benjamin   +4 more
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Impact of Radial Arterial Location on Catheter Lifetime in ICU Surgical Intensive Care

Critical Care Explorations, 2023
OBJECTIVES:. The use of arterial catheters is frequent in intensive care for hemodynamic monitoring of patients and for blood sampling, but they are often removed because of dysfunction.
Damien Marie, MD, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, MD, PhD, Stéphanie Barrau, MD, Matthieu Boisson, MD, Denis Frasca, PhD, Angeline Jamet, MD, Stéphane Chauvet, MD, Nathan Ferrand, MD, Amélie Pichot, MD, Olivier Mimoz, MD, PhD, Thomas Kerforne, MD   +10 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

, 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, Bayat, Blackham, Bonds, Bunn, Cabaluna, Daoud, Darouiche, Edmiston, Fry, Gheorghe, Grauhan, Jakobsson, Kamel, Kent, Kirby, Krieger, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Lyytikainen, Matatov, Melling, Pauli, Pinkney, Richet, Sanchez-Manuel, Stannard, Strecker, Tanner, Tanner, Taylor, Thibon, Togioka, Turtiainen, Ubbink, Wang, Webster, Williams, Yokoe   +42 more
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Combined Intravenous Sildenafil and l-Arginine Administration in a Porcine Animal Model: Hemodynamic Safety Profile and Effects on Coronary Blood Flow

Drugs in R&D, 2020
Background Endothelial dysfunction in the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway is a potential contributor to perioperative myocardial ischemia.
Marek Brzezinski, Gabriela R. Dincheva, Kelsey Alloo, Celeste Wong, Chun-Miao Feng, Wynnis L. Tom, Ali Salahieh, Arthur W. Wallace   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primer on adult patient satisfaction in perioperative settings. [PDF]

, 2019
The topic of patient satisfaction has gained increasing importance over the past decade. Due to the impact of patient satisfaction on health care quality, understanding factors that predict satisfaction is vital.
Fortier, Michelle A, Kain, Zeev N, Trinh, Lily N   +2 more
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Effects of Modification of Pain Protocol on Incidence of Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundA Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) care model applies a standardized multidisciplinary approach to patient care using evidence-based medicine to modify and improve protocols.
Ahn, Kyle, Bahn, Esther, Calderon, Michael-David, Harrington, Brian, Rinehart, Joseph B, Schwarzkopf, Ran, Sharfman, Zachary T, Snir, Nimrod   +7 more
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Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis due to Vagococcus fluvialis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon but life-threatening disease, most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, and enterococci. Vagococcus fluvialis is a Gram-stain positive coccus, phenotypically close to enterococci, and rarely
Camille Le Guillou, Yvon Ruch, Florian Baquer, Pierre Boyer, Michel Kindo, Mircea Cristinar, Sebastien Brua, Paul Michel Mertes, Walid Oulehri   +8 more
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