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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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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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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The effect of familiarization with preoperative care on anxiety and vital signs in the patient's cesarean section: A randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
Eur J Midwifery, 2021 INTRODUCTION Cesarean section (C-section) is one of the most prevalent surgeries among women. The preoperative stages in the surgery day and lack of control over being in an unfamiliar situation and feeling danger cause anxiety, and consequently ...
Mostafayi M, Imani B, Zandi S, Jongi F.
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JAMA Netw Open, 2023 Key Points Question Can fully remote patient evaluation be utilized in bariatric surgery with equivalent patient outcomes and hospital utilization as compared with in-person patient evaluation?
Hlavin C +11 more
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Recommendations from the Italian intersociety consensus on Perioperative Anesthesia Care in Thoracic surgery (PACTS) part 1: preadmission and preoperative care. [PDF]
Perioper Med (Lond), 2020 Anesthetic care in patients undergoing thoracic surgery presents specific challenges that necessitate standardized, multidisciplionary, and continuously updated guidelines for perioperative care.
Piccioni F +36 more
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A qualitative study of older adults' and family caregivers' perspectives regarding their preoperative care transitions. [PDF]
J Clin Nurs, 2018 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore how older patients with multiple chronic conditions and their family caregivers perceive their engagement and overall care experience throughout the preoperative phase of elective orthopaedic hip or knee joint replacement.
Malley AM, Bourbonniere M, Naylor M.
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A qualitative study of patient and provider experiences during preoperative care transitions. [PDF]
J Clin Nurs, 2017 Malley AM, Young GJ.
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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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Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022 BACKGROUND: As pediatric surgeries are rising and current methods to reduce perioperative anxiety are lacking in preschool children. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of video games on preoperative anxiety in 3- to-6-year old of a ...
Elham Rostami +3 more
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