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Preoperative oral care and effect on postoperative complications after major cancer surgery
British Journal of Surgery, 2018Improving patients' oral hygiene is an option for preventing postoperative pneumonia that may be caused by aspiration of oral and pharyngeal secretions.
M. Ishimaru +5 more
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Medical Clinics of North America
Surgery under anesthesia poses a significant stress to the body, and postoperative complications occur in up to 20% of cases. An understanding of postoperative complications, including assessment of patients at risk, risk mitigation, early recognition, and evidence-based treatment, is essential to provide high-value health care.
Heather E, Nye +2 more
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Surgery under anesthesia poses a significant stress to the body, and postoperative complications occur in up to 20% of cases. An understanding of postoperative complications, including assessment of patients at risk, risk mitigation, early recognition, and evidence-based treatment, is essential to provide high-value health care.
Heather E, Nye +2 more
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Postoperative mortality and complications
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2011Recent publications not only underline the risks of age and disease during surgery but also help us quantify the risks with greater precision. Importantly, patient factors often have a stronger association with postoperative mortality than surgical factors.
David A Story, David A Story
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Nursing, 1999
Learn nursing interventions for preventing or dealing with some common postoperative complications--including how the latest research may affect standard techniques.
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Learn nursing interventions for preventing or dealing with some common postoperative complications--including how the latest research may affect standard techniques.
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Postoperative pulmonary complications
Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2003Postoperative pulmonary complications, including pneumonia, bronchospasm, respiratory failure and prolonged mechanical ventilation, occur commonly and are a significant source of morbidity and mortality. This review will discuss the etiology of postoperative pulmonary complications and the interventions that reduce their risk.General anesthesia and ...
Peter Rock, Preston B. Rich
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Postoperative Complications Following Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture
Foot & ankle international, 2019Background: Controversy remains regarding which patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture would best be treated nonoperatively and which might benefit from operative repair. The primary aim of this study was to characterize the overall incidence of—and
X. J. Ruben Stavenuiter +5 more
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Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1991This discussion presented the most common causes of postoperative pulmonary complications. The categories of obstruction, hypoxemia, and hypoventilation were used for structure, with the most common causes of each identified. Problems and patients at risk for these problems have been identified along with treatment priorities.
Pauline Schultz +2 more
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Postoperative Complications and Management
2020A number of complications may be encountered following lung transplantation, either in the early or in the late phases. Among them, primary graft dysfunction, bacterial and fungal infections, airway complications (e.g. bronchial dehiscence, necrosis and stenosis) and acute rejection can occur in the early phase.
Pasero D +5 more
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Predictors of Patient Satisfaction and Postoperative Complications in Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018Background: Penile inversion vaginoplasty is the current gold standard procedure for male-to-female transgender patients seeking gender-confirming genital surgery.
Jonathan P. Massie +3 more
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Postoperative complications of capsulorhexis
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 1993Capsulorhexis has become the preferred method of anterior capsulotomy, and untoward effects have not been frequently noted. Nevertheless, distinct complications of continuous tear anterior capsulotomy are now recognized. These include capsular bag hyperdistention, shrinkage of the anterior capsule opening with visual loss and/or intraocular lens ...
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