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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Elective Surgical Procedures"”.
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Surgeon Volume and Operative Mortality for Emergency General Surgery Operations
… to operative mortality is well established for elective surgical procedures in the United States. However, the importance of this relationship in emergency operations is not understood. Using a primary dataset looking at emergent colon resections over a three year period at one tertiary medical …
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Comparison Of Surgeon Perception Of Preoperative Patient Risk With The Acs Nsqip® Surgical Risk Calculator
<p>Introduction</p> <p>Surgeon perception of surgical risk varies. The American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP®) Surgical Risk Calculator (SRC) estimates risk of postoperative outcomes and can assist with communicating risks to patients …
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Evaluation of the compliance of antibiotic prescribing with international clinical practice guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis at intermediate hospital Rundu, Namibia
Compliance with guidelines of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) has been shown to reduce the prevalence of surgical site infections by approximately 40%. However, globally, 30 to 90% of antibiotics used for SAP purposes, are irrationally utilized. The aim of this study was to estimate the level …
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The UT Southwestern Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health Program: Impact on Postoperative Delirium After Spine Surgery
The general metadata -- e.g., title, author, abstract, subject headings, etc. -- is publicly available, but access to the submitted files is restricted to UT Southwestern campus access and/or authorized UT Southwestern users.
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Investigating Resource Utilization in Elective Spine Patients with Affective Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis of a Cohort of 1199 Elective Spine Patients
BACKGROUND: In elective spine surgery patients, affective disorders (ADs) are associated with increased preoperative opioid use to control pain, longer length of hospital stays, and increased postoperative readmission rates. When assessing healthcare resource utilization, how ADs influence …