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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.
F. Piccioni, A. Droghetti, A. Bertani, C. Coccia, A. Corcione, A. Corsico, R. Crisci, C. Curcio, C. Del Naja, P. Feltracco, D. Fontana, A. Gonfiotti, C. Lopez, D. Massullo, M. Nosotti, R. Ragazzi, M. Rispoli, S. Romagnoli, R. Scala, L. Scudeller, M. Taurchini, S. Tognella, Marzia Umari, F. Valenza, F. Petrini   +24 more
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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.
T. Rombey, H. Eckhardt, W. Quentin
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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.

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.
J. Mafi, Patricia Godoy-Travieso, Eric K Wei, M. Anders, Rodolfo Amaya, C. Carrillo, J. Berry, L. Sarff, Lauren P. Daskivich, S. Vangala, J. Ladapo, E. Keeler, C. Damberg, C. Sarkisian   +13 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.
A. Malley, M. Bourbonniere, M. Naylor
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A qualitative study of patient and provider experiences during preoperative care transitions [PDF]

J Clin Nurs, 2017
A. Malley, G. Young
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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, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Hyun-Jun Cho, Hae-Kyu Kim, Ah-Reum Cho, Narae Oh   +5 more
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Impact of digital surgery scheduling systems on the quality of preoperative care: a systematic review protocol [PDF]

BMJ Open
Elena Lammila-Escalera, Gabriele Kerr, Geva Greenfield, Benedict Hayhoe, Naomi Brewer, Grazia Antonacci, Azeem Majeed, Ana Luísa Neves   +7 more
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Prediction of Long-Term Recovery From Disability Using Hemoglobin-Based Models: Results From a Cohort of 1,392 Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Hemoglobin and its associated blood values are important laboratory biomarkers that mirror the strength of constitution of patients undergoing spine surgery. Along with the clinical determinants available during the preadmission visit, it is important to
Matteo Briguglio, Paolo Perazzo, Francesco Langella, Tiziano Crespi, Elena De Vecchi, Patrizia Riso, Marisa Porrini, Laura Scaramuzzo, Roberto Bassani, Marco Brayda-Bruno, Giuseppe Banfi, Giuseppe Banfi, Pedro Berjano   +12 more
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Preoperative incremental shuttle walk test for morbidity and mortality prediction in elective major colorectal surgery

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022
Background and Aims: The incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) is a simple reproducible and non-invasive test for assessing cardiopulmonary function. The maximum oxygen consumption is less than 10 ml/kg/min for ISWT distance of less than 250 m. This study
C N Soumya, Mary Thomas, Subha Ravindran, K M Jagathnath Krishna   +3 more
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Effect of video games on preoperative anxiety in 3- to-6-year-old of a sample of Iranian children undergoing elective surgery

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, Sedigheh Khanjari, Hamid Haghani, Houshang Amirian   +3 more
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