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Relationship between fentanyl dosage and immune function in the postoperative period.

Journal of Opioid Management, 2018
BACKGROUND Anesthesia and surgery are associated with impairment of the immune system expressed as an excessive proinflammatory immune response and suppression of cell mediated immunity.
I. Yardeni, B. Beilin, E. Mayburd, Y. Alcalay, H. Bessler   +4 more
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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,
Inger Talton, C. Ronald Stephen
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Factors associated with the increased bleeding in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery: A cohort study.

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2018
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with the increased bleeding in patients during the postoperative period after cardiac surgery. BACKGROUND Bleeding is among the most frequent complications that occur in the postoperative period after ...
Kárla M F S M Pereira, C. S. de Assis, Haulcionne N W L Cintra, R. Ferretti-Rebustini, V. A. Püschel, E. Santana‐Santos, A. R. B. Rodrigues, Larissa B de Oliveira   +7 more
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Neurodevelopmental assessment of infants with congenital heart disease in the early postoperative period

Congenital Heart Disease, 2018
OBJECTIVE Mortality rates for children with congenital heart disease (CHD) have significantly declined, resulting in a growing population with associated neurodevelopmental disabilities.
S. Butler, Anjali Sadhwani, C. Stopp, J. Singer, D. Wypij, Carolyn Dunbar‐Masterson, J. Ware, J. Newburger   +7 more
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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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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.
T. Åberg, G. Klingen, U. Erikson
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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 ...
Ronald D. Fairshter, James H. Williams
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Colonic Motility in the Postoperative Period

Digestion, 1984
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: 23.
I.R. Morris, P. Hammond, I. Taylor, C. Darby   +3 more
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