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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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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
Breakwell, Susan, Kallio, Peter J., Nolan, Jenea, Olsen, Amy C., Pagel, Paul S., Topp, Richard   +5 more
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Opioid use following cardio-thoracic intensive care: risk factors and outcomes: a cohort study

Scientific Reports
Opioid misuse has become a serious public health problem. Patients admitted to cardio-thoracic critical care are usually exposed to opioids, but the incidence and effects of chronic opioid use are not known.
Erik von Oelreich, Francesca Campoccia Jalde, Susanne Rysz, Jesper Eriksson   +3 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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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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The focal index: a quantitative approach to morphological sub-phenotyping of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a pilot study

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterised by significant morphological heterogeneity. Morphological sub-phenotyping can potentially be used to personalise mechanical ventilation.
Kristin Jona Bjarnadottir, Martin Tovedal, Gaetano Perchiazzi, Miklos Lipcsey, Lucian Covaciu, Magnus von Seth, Rafael Kawati, Mariangela Pellegrini   +7 more
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Long-term outcome after intensive care for COVID-19: differences between men and women—a nationwide cohort study

Critical Care, 2021
Background Questions remain about long-term outcome for COVID-19 patients in general, and differences between men and women in particular given the fact that men seem to suffer a more dramatic course of the disease.
Erik Zettersten, Lars Engerström, Max Bell, Gabriella Jäderling, Johan Mårtensson, Linda Block, Emma Larsson   +6 more
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An attenuated rate of leg muscle protein depletion and leg free amino acid efflux over time is seen in ICU long-stayers

Critical Care, 2018
Background There is extensive documentation on skeletal muscle protein depletion during the initial phase of critical illness. However, for intensive care unit (ICU) long-stayers, objective data are very limited.
Lena Gamrin-Gripenberg, Martin Sundström-Rehal, Daniel Olsson, Jonathan Grip, Jan Wernerman, Olav Rooyackers   +5 more
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Characteristics and outcome of traumatic cardiac arrest at a level 1 trauma centre over 10 years in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Historically, resuscitation in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) has been deemed futile. However, recent literature reports improved but varying survival.
Daniel Ohlén, Magnus Hedberg, Paula Martinsson, Erik von Oelreich, Therese Djärv, Malin Jonsson Fagerlund   +5 more
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Elective Open Suprarenal Aneurysm Repair in England from 2000 to 2010 an Observational Study of Hospital Episode Statistics [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Open surgery is widely used as a benchmark for the results of fenestrated endovascular repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Alan Karthikesalingam, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Benjamin O. Patterson, CD Bicknell, CS Cina, E Choke, FA Lederle, GH Martin, Giuseppe Sollazzo, GL Gilling-Smith, J Cross, JA Cowan Jr, JA Cowan Jr, Jan D. Poloniecki, JC Parodi, JL De Bruin, JM Hacking, JM Richards, JN Armitage, Matthew M. Thompson, Peter J. E. Holt, Peter Whittaker, PJ Holt, PJ Holt, PJ Holt, RM Greenhalgh, Robert J. Hinchliffe, S Sinha, S Tsai, TP Sarac, V Jongkind, VI Patel   +31 more
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