Preoperative STOP-BANG Scores and Postoperative Delirium and Coma in Thoracic Surgery Patients [PDF]
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with higher rates of postoperative delirium. The relationship between preoperative OSA risk and postoperative delirium and coma in thoracic surgery patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit ...
Gradney, Steve+7 more
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Postoperative Endophthalmitis [PDF]
Postoperative endophthalmitis remains a serious clinical problem in ophthalmology, with an incidence of approximately 0.5%. Prognosis is largely determined by the virulence of the offending organism. The Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS) was a prospective, randomized trial comparing various diagnostic and treatment modalities in cases of ...
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Local anaesthesia efficacy as postoperative analgesia for open shoulder instability surgery. a prospective randomised controlled study [PDF]
Background and objectives: The aim of present study was to evaluate for the first time, the clinical effect of local anaesthetic infiltration as postoperative analgesia in open shoulder surgery for anterior-inferior instability.
Caricati Alessio+6 more
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Clinicopathological determinants of an elevated systemic inflammatory response following elective potentially curative resection for colorectal cancer [PDF]
Introduction: The postoperative systemic inflammatory response (SIR) is related to both long- and short-term outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer.
Horgan, Paul G.+6 more
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Post-Pancreatoduodenectomy Outcomes and Epidural Analgesia: A 5-Year Single Institution Experience [PDF]
Introduction Optimal pain control post-pancreatoduodenectomy is a challenge. Epidural analgesia (EDA) is increasingly utilized despite inherent risks and unclear effects on outcomes.
Ceppa, Eugene P.+8 more
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POSTOPERATIVE DIETOTHERAPY [PDF]
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Vaughan, Warren T., Vandyke, Nellie H.
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Benefits of thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing an open posterior component separation for abdominal herniorrhaphy [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: The implementation of open posterior component separation (PCS) surgery has led to improved outcomes for complex hernias. While the PCS technique has been shown to decrease recurrence rates, and provide a feasible option to repair hernias ...
Sellers, Austin
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Supplemental peri-operative intravenous crystalloids for postoperative nausea and vomiting: an abridged Cochrane systematic review. [PDF]
We conducted a Cochrane systematic review on the effectiveness of supplemental intravenous crystalloid administration in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Bird, SJ+5 more
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The Postoperative Morbidity Survey was validated and used to describe morbidity after major surgery.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the reliability and validity of the Postoperative Morbidity Survey (POMS). To describe the level and pattern of short-term postoperative morbidity after major elective surgery using the POMS.
Browne, JP+9 more
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Quality of Postoperative Pain Management after Midfacial Fracture Repair—An Outcome-oriented Study [PDF]
Objectives There is a lack of literature regarding the procedure-specific quality of acute postoperative pain management after midfacial fracture repair.
Djedovic, Gabriel+8 more
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