Cost-effectiveness of prehabilitation prior to elective surgery compared to usual preoperative care: protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2020 Introduction Preoperative functional capacity is an important predictor of postoperative outcomes. Prehabilitation aims to optimise patients’ functional capacity before surgery to improve postoperative outcomes.
Rombey T, Eckhardt H, Quentin W.
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Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery at a Safety-Net Health System. [PDF]
JAMA Intern Med, 2019 Importance Preoperative testing for cataract surgery epitomizes low-value care and still occurs frequently, even at one of the nation's largest safety-net health systems.
Mafi JN +13 more
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Association Between Variation in Preoperative Care Before Arterial Switch Operation and Outcomes in Patients With Transposition of the Great Arteries. [PDF]
Circulation, 2018 Background: The arterial switch operation (ASO) is the gold standard operative correction of neonates with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum, with excellent operative survival.
O'Byrne ML +9 more
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THE ROLE OF THE LIVER IN PREOPERATIVE CARE
Annals of Surgery, 1942 John H. Mulholland
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The quality of clinical practice guidelines for preoperative care using the AGREE II instrument: a systematic review. [PDF]
Syst Rev, 2020 Ciapponi A +3 more
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Pain Perception following Initial Closed Reduction in the Preoperative Care of Unstable, Dorsally Displaced Distal Radius Fractures. [PDF]
J Hand Microsurg, 2019 Löw S, Papay M, Eingartner C.
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Preoperative clinical management of patients who are candidates for facial transplantation [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2023 Introduction: Face transplantation has gained recognition, changing the clinicalsurgical scenario for restoring complex facial defects, as it attributes functional and aesthetic recovery to patients who have suffered serious accidents.
Martin Iglesias Morales +3 more
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Enhancing Preoperative Planning in Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Using a Presentation Software
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2021 Preoperative planning (PP) is critical to ensure a successful outcome in orthopaedic trauma surgery. Since it was first described thirty years ago, no modifications have been made to the original preoperative planning (OPP) technique, which was written ...
Alejandro Ordas-Bayon +3 more
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Prehabilitation programs – a systematic review of the economic evidence
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionPrehabilitation, which involves improving a patient’s physical and psychological condition before surgery, has shown potential benefits but has yet to be extensively studied from an economic perspective.
Yuhe Ke +9 more
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Nasogastric tube insertion using airway tube exchanger in anesthetized and intubated patients [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2016 BackgroundA nasogastric tube (NGT) is commonly inserted into patients undergoing abdominal surgery to decompress the stomach during or after surgery. However, for anatomic reasons, the insertion of NGTs into anesthetized and intubated patients may be ...
Hyae-Jin Kim +5 more
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