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PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1949
To prepare a healthy patient for operation and to guide him through a speedy and successful convalescence is usually not difficult. However, when disease has caused important abnormal physiologic changes and when the necessary operative procedures are long and traumatic, the difference between a successful outcome and a failure will lie in the skill ...
F A, COLLER, M S, DeWEESE
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Preoperative and Postoperative Care

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1977
Despite the fact that the complex functions of the liver are poorly understood, certain basic functions can be measured with respect to level of present capacity and can, in turn, be temporarily supported by the administration of specific nutrients and/or exogenously produced active compounds.
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Preoperative Pulmonary Care

Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho, 2011
術前呼吸ケアの目的は全身状態の改善および術後の重篤な肺合併症を予防し早期離床を達成することである。このため術前評価と術後合併症を予測し，術式による呼吸機能障害の程度を把握する。喫煙者は非喫煙者と比較して有意に術後肺炎の発症が多いため少なくとも術前1カ月以上前に禁煙させることが推奨される。気道クリアランスについてのシステマチックレビューでは排痰法の有用性についての高いエビデンスは示されていない。このため個々の排痰法は患者の病態に合わせその利点，欠点を理解し施行することが重要である。またインセンティブスパイロメトリーは手術後に日常的に使用されているが，術後の有用性について高いエビデンスは示されていない。ところで肺癌，食道癌，頭頸部領域の癌は喫煙との関与が濃厚でありchronic obstructive ...
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Preoperative Care in Emergency Surgery

2017
Be prepared. Sir Robert Baden-Powell Introduction Surgical emergencies in the elderly concern mainly trauma, intra-abdominal and vascular surgery. Abdominal pain constitutes 10-15% of all complaints and the unspecific nature of initial symptoms often makes accurate diagnosis difficult.
Falvo A, Frisenda V, Gregoretti C, Brazzi L   +3 more
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Preoperative and operative care

Medicine, 2018
Abstract A huge number of surgical procedures are carried out annually. Although estimates of mortality and morbidity vary, they are generally accepted to be significant in high-risk patients. It is important to identify and optimize these patient groups before proceeding with surgery. Furthermore, accurate estimates of the risk of both mortality and
Aoife Hegarty, Nirav Shah
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Principles of surgical care: preoperative care

British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 2015
This article discusses the care of people prior to their undergoing a surgical procedure. For many, the thought of having to undergo surgery can cause distress and anxiety. The healthcare assistant and assistant practitioner (HCA and AP), understanding the issues that people may face, are in an ideal position to offer support to patients, both from a ...
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Preoperative Care for Cryosurgery

2014
Preoperative considerations in cryosurgery include aspects that relate to the surgeons and some that relate to the patient. Before treating a lesion with cryosurgery, the operator should have the diagnosis. Considerations about location, skin type, and number of lesions are part of this assessment.
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Perioperative care: preoperative care.

British journal of hospital medicine, 1978
With a subject as vast as preoperative care its is impossible in an article of this length to do more than sketch in the broad outlines of assessment and preparation, using a few examples to illustrate certain aspects. Unfortunately the pressure of work in most hospitals is such that the standard of preoperative care is not as high as it might be. Many
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Preoperative care

2014
Nancy S. Hagerman, Senthilkumar Sadhasivam   +1 more
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Preoperative care

2011
Kate P. Stewart, Saad A. Amer
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