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Showing 1 to 20 of 333 for “"Post-operative"”.
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Post-operative observations: ritualised or vital in the detection of post-operative complications
… nursing practice of monitoring patients in the post-operative (PO) phase upon returning to the general ward setting has traditionally consisted of the systematic collection of vital signs and observation of other aspects of the patient's recovery. For the most part the primary focus of this …
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Exploring Variables of Post-Operative Depression
… symptomatology before and after surgery. Pre-operative assessment of these variables may assist in the development of interventional strategies that can be applied by health care providers in order to identify those patients at risk and to ultimately improve health outcomes.</p>
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Local Anesthetics in Post-Operative Endodontic Pain
The purpose of this clinical trial was to compare post-operative pain levels following the first stage of two-visit emergency endodontic treatment in patients with either an intermediate-acting local anesthetic (2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine) or a long-acting local anesthetic (0.5% …
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Exosome Prevention of Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation
… space surrounding the heart. Given that post-operative AF is associated with increased mortality, effective measures to prevent AF after open-chest surgery are highly desirable. In this study, we tested the concept that extracellular vesicles (EVs) isolated from human atrial …
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Examining the Hispanic Paradox in Post-Operative Complication Rates
… associated with the development of serious post-operative complications (POC) among patients undergoing intra-abdominal general surgical procedures. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing appendectomy, cholecystectomy, or colectomy at a single healthcare …
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Frailty and Post-Operative Outcomes in Adult Hip Fracture Patients
… of the connection between frailty and post-operative outcomes after hip fracture. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between frailty and post-operative outcomes in adult patients with a hip fracture.</p> <p>Conceptual Basis: Donabedian (2003) writes of a triad of …
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Tribal differences in the post-operative handover: a mixed-methods study
… of patient care.<br/><br/>As a consequence, the post-operative handover was evaluated by first undertaking semi-structured interviews of anaesthetic, recovery and surgical staff. Differences of opinion were discovered between professional groups involved in the post-operative handover. These …
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Mechanisms of post-operative sepsis and renal impairment in obstructive jaundice
Bile returning to the intestinal lumen of rats with obstructive jaundice did not alter bowel-wall permeability to endotoxin or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Urobilinogen was toxic to in vitro cultured renal cells in concentrations that may be expected to occur in disease. A previously-described …
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Post-operative Trachomatous Trichiasis in Africa: a systematic review and online survey
Background High incidence of post-operative trichiasis and other poor outcomes after surgery in most trachoma-endemic settings poses a major challenge to global elimination of trachoma. This systematic review aimed to assess the incidence of post-operative trichiasis and other poor outcomes of …
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Endoscopic Resection and Post-Operative Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Sinonasal Melanoma
… (2014) were the first to report on the use of post-operative brachytherapy in an attempt to prevent local recurrence after endoscopic resection of SNM. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients undergoing endoscopic resection of SNMs and receiving adjuvant brachytherapy in a single …
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The potential role of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of post-operative adhesions
<p>Post-operative adhesion development occurs in the vast majority of patients following abdominal surgery and is a natural occurrence of peritoneal-wound healing. These fibrous bands may form within the first 5-7 days post-surgery and have the ability to cause a distortion in the normal anatomical …
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Addressing Delirium in Hip Fracture Patients to Reduce Post-Operative Length of Stay
Pages iv-vi are misnumbered as pages vi-viii.
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The impact of post operative oedema on clinical recovery and its potential causes
The postoperative period is characterized by massive shifts of fluid between body compartments and accumulation of fluid in the extracellular space, which may manifest clinically as central and or peripheral oedema. The incidence of oedema in patients undergoing routine major abdominal surgery …
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Registration of pre-operative lung cancer PET/CT scans with post-operative histopathology images
… imaging framework for registering in vivo and post-operative scans from lung cancer patients, in order to have a global, pathology-validated multimodality map of the tumour and its surroundings.;Initial experiments were performed on tissue-mimicking phantoms, to test different shape …
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The development and evaluation of a scale to assess pain in the post-operative neonate.
… techniques in one such group of infants - postoperative neonates. Valid assessment is foundational to improving analgesia and measuring the efficacy of interventions thus broadening our knowledge of safe, effective methods of preventing undue pain in newborns. The research presented here …
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Kinematic Analysis of Gait and Deep Knee Flexion for Pre- and Post-Operative Total Knee Arthroplasty
<p>Osteoarthritis (OA) is a form of arthritis that develops in the joint due to overuse and aging causing pain, discomfort, and disability. Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is a surgical procedure performed when OA symptoms are severe with an estimated 600,000 patients in the United States currently …
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A microcomputer-controlled above-knee prosthesis and biofeedback/gait analysis system for immediate post-operative amputees
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1980.
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