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Postoperative care pathways for patients following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: An observational study [PDF]

Aims: The aim of this study was to describe the postoperative care pathway, with phase 1 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) delivery, for adult patients following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery at one large hospital in Queensland, Australia ...
Massey, Debbie, Nasrawi, Dima, Gillespie, Brigid M, Latimer, Sharon, Gillespie, Brigid M.   +4 more
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Preoperative coping strategies and distress predict postoperative pain and morphine consumption in women undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives The aim of the present study was to predict postoperative pain and morphine consumption based on preoperative psychosocial factors. Methods One hundred and twenty-two women completed measures of distress and coping 1 week before major ...
Fouladi, Rachel T., Katz, Joel, Cohen, Lorenzo   +2 more
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Preoperative systemic inflammation predicts postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing curative resection for colorectal cancer [PDF]

, 2009
The presence of systemic inflammation before surgery, as evidenced by the glasgow prognostic score (mGPS), predicts poor long-term survival in colorectal cancer. The aim was to examine the relationship between the preoperative mGPS and the development of
Leitch, E.F., Anderson, J.H., J H Anderson, R F McKee, McMillan, D.C., D C McMillan, Moyes, L.H., P G Horgan, McKee, R.F., L H Moyes, E F Leitch, Horgan, P.G.   +11 more
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Continuous measurement in neurocritical care of cerebral blood flow (CBF) calculated from ICP and central venous pressure

Scientific Reports
The cerebral blood flow, CBF, is an important clinical parameter in neuro-intensive care. The possibility to continuously monitor CBF, computed from referential ICP, rICP (calculated from measured intracranial pressure, ICP, and central venous pressure ...
Erik Ryding, Peter Reinstrup
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Transcranial Color Doppler for Assessing Cerebral Venous Outflow in Critically Ill and Surgical Patients

Diagnostics
In recent years, Transcranial Color Doppler (TCCD) has gained increasing recognition as a non-invasive neuromonitoring tool. However, there remains a strong tendency to view arterial TCCD as the ‘stethoscope for the brain,’ while the assessment of ...
Amedeo Bianchini, Giovanni Vitale, Gabriele Melegari, Matteo Cescon, Matteo Ravaioli, Elena Zangheri, Maria Francesca Scuppa, Stefano Tigano, Antonio Siniscalchi   +8 more
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Defining Carers [PDF]

, 2015
The purpose of this paper is less to answer questions than to ask them, and less to define ‘carers’ than to understand who they are. In particular, its purpose is to ask why the label ‘family carer’ may be rejected by some of them, or by particular ...
Care Alliance Ireland
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Post-colonoscopy appendicitis: A systematic review

Asian Journal of Surgery
Post-colonoscopy appendicitis is an infrequent complication of colonoscopy. This systematic review aimed to summarize the literature's current notions, clinical features, and management of post-colonoscopy appendicitis.
Kostas Tepelenis, Christos K. Stefanou, Stefanos K. Stefanou, Evangelos Sitos, Frideriki Steliou, Konstantinos Mpakas, Dimitra Lepida, Theocharis Chatzoglou, Thomas Iraklis Smyris, Maria Alexandra Kefala   +9 more
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Functional brain network and trail making test changes following major surgery and postoperative delirium: a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2023
BACKGROUND: Delirium is a frequent complication after surgery in older adults and is associated with an increased risk of long-term cognitive impairment and dementia. Disturbances in functional brain networks were previously reported during delirium.
Biomarker Development for Postoperative Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly Consortium
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Case Report: A successful multidisciplinary approach to doxorubicin extravasation from a PICC-port in a patient with breast cancer

Frontiers in Oncology
BackgroundInfusion of chemotherapy drugs through central venous catheters in the bloodstream facilitates direct access to disseminated cancer sites to interrupt the growth and/or spread of abnormal cells.
Concetta Calabrò, Serena Iacovelli, Giuseppe De Palma, Giuseppe Carravetta, Domenica Garofalo, Francesco Giotta, Agnese Latorre, Patrizia Nardulli, Cosmo Maurizio Ressa, Elsa Vitale, Valerio De Santis, Giovanni Mastrandrea   +11 more
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AMELİYAT SONRASI HİPOTERMİ KONTROLÜ

Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu, 2017
Cerrahi hastalarında, normoterminin sürdürülmesi; hasta güvenliği, hasta memnuniyeti, olumlu cerrahi sonuçların elde edilmesi ve kaliteli bakımın sürdürülmesi için önemlidir.
ESRA Demirarslan
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