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Hypoxemia in the Postoperative Period

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1965
Within the past 20 years emphasis has been placed on the importance of maintaining normal acid-base balance in the postoperative period; it has become recognized that an adequate "stir-up" regimen, 1 coupled with proper ventilation, assisted by mechanical ventilators if necessary, provides the key in this respect. Owing to recent technical developments,
C R, STEPHEN, I, TALTON
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Fever in the postoperative period∗

The American Journal of Cardiology, 1963
Abstract The occurrence of fever in the postoperative patient portends a course which may vary from a mild benign episode to a fatal result. The causes are varied and are both noninfectious and infectious. Antibacterial therapy must be used only after thorough evaluation to determine the probable etiology of fever.
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The Postoperative Period Summary

Chest, 1999
Following considerable discussion of this area, it was noted that meta-analysis of pain management has been done. However, this does not include analysis of subgroups. It was the consensus that considerable data are missing on hard numbers and there is little information regarding the duration of therapy.
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STROKE IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD

Medical Clinics of North America, 2001
Stroke in the postoperative period requires a certain level of sophistication in dealing not only with the patient, but also with the family and significant others. The consultant who is called in to assess the patient must deal with the delicate matter of addressing a presumably unforeseen complication; this often requires political deftness when the ...
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Colonic Motility in the Postoperative Period

Digestion, 2009
The effect of a laparotomy on postoperative motility in the colon has been studied in dogs. Movement has been recorded by an electrical impedance method each day after a standard laparotomy. Mean values of movement in the descending colon were reduced, not abolished, for 3 days after operation (preoperative: 34.0%; day 1: 17.9 %; day 2: 22.1 %; day 3 ...
I R, Morris, C F, Darby, P, Hammond, I, Taylor   +3 more
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MANAGEMENT OF THE POSTOPERATIVE ANESTHETIC PERIOD

Dental Clinics of North America, 1999
While anesthetic methods and drugs have undergone many changes in the last 100 years, the incidence of complications during the postanesthesia recovery period remains constant. Prompt recognition and treatment of the complications observed during the postoperative period decreases unexpected hospital admissions and the undesirable mortality or ...
R J, Redden, A H, Jeske
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Catheter Pericardiocentesis in the Postoperative Period

Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis, 1983
Catheter pericardiocentesis was performed under fluoroscopy in 52 cases. Differentiated localized injection of contrast medium was of value for inserting the needle to a suitable site in the pericardial sac. The catheter tip could be positioned in different fluid filled compartments.
U, Erikson, T, Aberg, G, Klingen
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Postoperative Period

2015
This chapter contains 18 questions relevant for the Pediatric Subspecialty Exam about the topic of postoperative periods.
Laura A. Downey, Herodotos Ellinas, Aykut Bilge   +2 more
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Partial Curarization in the Postoperative Period

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1984
Forty‐eight patients subjected to elective surgery were randomly selected for evaluation of neuromuscular transmission in the postoperative period. All patients were anaesthetized with thiopentone, nitrous oxide, fentanyl and pancuronium. On arrival in the postoperative ward, alertness, ability to sustain head lift and the train‐of‐four (TOF) ratio ...
C, Lennmarken, J B, Löfström
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Pulmonary Physiology in the Postoperative Period

Critical Care Clinics, 1987
After upper abdominal or thoracic surgery, loss of lung volume, manifested most importantly by reduced FRC, and abnormal gas exchange, manifested by postoperative reduction in PaO2, are the rule rather than the exception. These physiologic alterations in lung function occur in the absence of superimposed complications such as pneumonia and/or lobar ...
R D, Fairshter, J H, Williams
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