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How to provide preoperative care to patients.
Nursing Standard, 2020Preoperative care refers to the physical and psychosocial care that prepares a patient to undergo surgery safely. The preoperative period begins when the patient is booked for surgery and ends with their transfer to the theatre or surgical suite. As well
J. Johnstone
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2023
Abstract This chapter outlines the guidance on pre-operative care. It provides a clear overview for the junior doctor in a clinical setting.
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Abstract This chapter outlines the guidance on pre-operative care. It provides a clear overview for the junior doctor in a clinical setting.
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PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1949To 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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BMJ Quality & Safety, 2020
Background Preoperative education may help participants to psychologically prepare themselves for surgery, but the outcomes of such preparation have rarely been assessed in patients requiring postoperative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) as well as
V. Lai +7 more
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Background Preoperative education may help participants to psychologically prepare themselves for surgery, but the outcomes of such preparation have rarely been assessed in patients requiring postoperative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) as well as
V. Lai +7 more
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An overview of the principles of preoperative care.
Nursing Standard, 2018There has been an increase in the number of patients requiring surgery who also have complex medical needs. Factors such as being overweight, the presence of significant comorbidities and an ageing population increase the risks associated with surgical ...
C. Liddle
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Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major cause of morbidity complicating colorectal operations. Several evidence‐based preoperative strategies are associated with decreased SSI rates.
F. Guzman-Pruneda +7 more
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Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major cause of morbidity complicating colorectal operations. Several evidence‐based preoperative strategies are associated with decreased SSI rates.
F. Guzman-Pruneda +7 more
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Preoperative and Postoperative Care
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1977Despite 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 oral care and effect on postoperative complications after major cancer surgery
British Journal of Surgery, 2018Improving patients' oral hygiene is an option for preventing postoperative pneumonia that may be caused by aspiration of oral and pharyngeal secretions.
M. Ishimaru +5 more
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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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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
2017Be 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.
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