Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
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JAMA Surgery, 2021 Importance For patients facing major surgery, surgeons believe preoperative advance care planning (ACP) is valuable and routinely performed. How often preoperative ACP occurs is unknown.
Elle L. Kalbfell +8 more
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Multidimensional collaboration; reflections on action research in a clinical context [PDF]
, 2011 This paper reflects on the challenges and benefits of multidimensional collaboration in an action research study to evaluate and improve preoperative education for patients awaiting colorectal surgery.
Cameron M. +19 more
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How hospital tours affect anxiety in mothers with children undergoing open-heart surgery in Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery, 2020 Background: Parents tend to experience considerable amounts of anxiety before their children undergo open heart surgery and this anxiety leads to numerous negative outcomes for both the children and the parents.
Asal Amintojari +4 more
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Clinical Diagnosis of Placenta Accreta and Clinicopathological Outcomes [PDF]
, 2019 Objective To investigate the association between the intraoperative diagnosis of placenta accreta at the time of cesarean hysterectomy and pathological diagnosis.
Cahill, Alison G. +5 more
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Implementing enhanced recovery pathways to improve surgical outcomes
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2019 An enhanced recovery pathway is a structured perioperative healthcare program that incorporates evidence-based interventions including protocols and guidelines with the aim of providing standardized care.
Shilpadevi Patil +7 more
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Preoperative evaluation of the feasibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005 Aim. To determine the possibility of preoperative evaluation of the feasibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on the standard preoperative examinations and findings. Methods.
Jovanović Miodrag +2 more
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Intra-operative blood salvage in total hip and knee arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose To review records of 371 patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA or TKA) with intra-operative blood salvage to determine the allogeneic blood transfusion rate and the predictors for allogeneic blood transfusion. Methods Records
Beller, Elaine +3 more
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Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery? [PDF]
, 2013 There are a vast number of operations carried out every year, with a small proportion of patients being at highest risk of mortality and morbidity. There has been considerable work to try and identify these high-risk patients.
Hamilton, M, Shah, N
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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
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