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NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD
Medical Clinics of North America, 2001Nutritional support is used frequently as a treatment modality in the postoperative patient. Indications for nutrition support, patient selection, mode of administration, contents of solutions and complications of therapy are issues that the consulting internist must address.
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Acute Cholecystitis in the Postoperative Period
New England Journal of Medicine, 1963TRANSIENT fever, pain, ileus and general discomfort are so common after any surgical procedure that development of a new surgical emergency is often masked by these almost routine sequelae. The natural reluctance of the medical mind to seek a second diagnosis when one is obvious may lead the physician into dangerous complacency in the presence of a new
R J, Knudson, W F, Zuber
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2017
Emergence from anesthesia is a transition from a controlled to an uncontrolled state and is rife with possibilities of complications. The patient may be distressed by inadequate pain control, nausea, or shivering. However, complications involving the respiratory, the cardiovascular, the renal, or the neurological systems can be associated with ...
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Emergence from anesthesia is a transition from a controlled to an uncontrolled state and is rife with possibilities of complications. The patient may be distressed by inadequate pain control, nausea, or shivering. However, complications involving the respiratory, the cardiovascular, the renal, or the neurological systems can be associated with ...
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HAZARDS OF THE IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957The surgical patient's welfare may be threatened by situations that develop in the interval between the termination of the operation and his arrival in the recovery room. It is essential that his condition be watched closely while his position is changed, the level of anesthesia is reduced, and the endotracheal tube is removed.
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Seizures during the Immediate Postoperative Period
Neurosurgery, 1983Abstract Twenty-three of 538 patients undergoing elective craniotomy had a seizure within 24 hours after operation. The lesion had been located extra-axially in 15 patients and intra-axially in 8 patients. Except for 1 patient who had a parietal craniotomy for an arteriovenous malformation, all patients had a frontal or temporal exposure.
D A, Kvam +3 more
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Atelectasis During Anaesthesia and in the Postoperative Period
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1986Transverse sections of lung tissue were studied in patients by computerized tomography during anaesthesia and in the postoperative period. Eight patients were studied during intravenous (thiopentone) and six during inhalational (halothane) anaesthesia. The latter patients were studied during both spontaneous and mechanical ventilation.
A, Strandberg +4 more
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Oxygen Saturation in Children in the Postoperative Period
Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1992Some adult patients have periods of significant oxygen desaturation after surgery but, other than for immediately after surgery in the recovery room, few data are available in children. We monitored overnight paired preoperative and postoperative oxygen saturations in 19 children, and overnight postoperative saturations in 50 additional children to ...
D C, Tyler +4 more
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Drug Pharmacokinetics in the Postoperative Period
Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 1979Marked changes in physiological function and in the metabolism of endogenous substances take place after trauma and operation, and these may influence the pharmacokinetics of drugs. Increased secretion of hormones, such as hydrocortisone and glucagon occurs. The liver blood flow increases, whereas gastrointestinal motility decreases.
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Temperature Problems in the Postoperative Period
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1990Postoperative patients have difficulty maintaining thermal balance for several reasons. Normal thermoregulation is suppressed by anesthesia, neuromuscular blocking agents, and other drugs, and cool environmental conditions and exposure contribute to heat loss.
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