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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"post cardiac surgery"”.
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Post cardiac surgery sternal wound sepsis burden, risk factors and outcomes at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: a five-year experience
… with significant morbidity and mortality in postoperative cardiac patients. We aimed to describe the burden, risk factors and outcomes of SWI in post-operative paediatric cardiac patients at a tertiary children's hospital. Methods We conducted a retrospective record review of cardiac …
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Occupational Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
… cognitive, and psychosocial factors in patients post cardiac surgery. Furthermore, individuals’ experience and clinical reasoning frequently guides interventions rather than current evidence. The American Occupational Therapy Association’s Centennial Vision encourages occupational therapists to …
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Transfusion practices among children undergoing cardiac surgery admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit
… to describe the use of blood products following cardiac surgery, as well as the outcomes and factors associated with post-operative blood product use Design- Prospective, single centre observational study Setting- Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Cape Town, South Africa Patients- One …
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Perioperative psycho-educational intervention can reduce postoperative delirium in patients after cardiac surgery
OBJECTIVE: Postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery is associated with many consequences such as poorer functional recovery, more frequent postoperative complications, higher mortality, increased length of hospital stay, and higher hospital costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the …
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Discharge by 11:00 AM and the Effects on Throughput
… a standardized discharge process. The PCU is a cardiac telemetry unit with 30 private rooms. The patients on the PCU are post-cardiac surgery with some overflow medical patients throughout the unit. Kotter’s theoretical framework was chosen to implement the discharge before 11:00 AM project …
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A review of the use of inhaled nitric oxide in the PICU at Red Cross Children's Hospital, 2011-2015: A retrospective cohort study
… and pulmonary hypertension (PHT) following cardiac surgery. Objectives: To describe the response to treatment with iNO. Secondary observations were deaths, comorbidities of the patients treated, lengths of treatment and admission, and the cost of treatment. Methods: A retrospective …
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An exploration of nurses' emotions: a study of Jordanian nurses in intensive therapy.
… the paediatric intensive therapy and the post-cardiac surgery units. The first phase revealed the range of emotions experienced by ITN s. The second phase involved a construction of self-reporting questionnaire based on the first phase findings. The aim of the questionnaire phase was to …
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Standardizing the Bedside Shift Report Process to Improve Communication and Promote Patient Safety
… specialty unit that specializes in the care of post-cardiac surgery and complex telemetry patients. The typical length of stay is between 5-7 days. Patients are admitted to the unit from the ICU, ED, or other medical facility for cardiac surgery. </p> <p><strong>Rationale:</strong> The quality …
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Study of epidemiology, management and outcome of acute kidney injury post noncardiac surgery over 12 months at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… hospital stay. AKI has been extensively studied post cardiac surgery, but there has been little attention on AKI occurring after non cardiac surgery . There have been few studies on AKI from developing countries and a paucity of data of post non cardiac surgery AKI. OBJECTIVE : To identify which …
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Computational models for respiratory gas exchange and their applications
… for nasal high flow therapy in a cohort of 20 post-cardiac surgery patients. Results showed that this generic model can be parameterised to represent individualised patient respiratory response. Moreover, model predictions show that flow induced nasopharyngeal washout largely reduce respiratory …
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Mobility Practices, Attitudes and Perceptions of Nurses, Doctors and Physiotherapists Regarding Early Mobilisation of Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units in Namibia. A Retrospective Record Review and Cross sectional Survey
… 66.3%). Coronary angiogram (n=179; 20.6%), cardiac conditions (n=113; 13%) and cardiac surgery (n=90; 10.3%) were the main admission diagnoses. Most patients (n=697; 80.1%) did not receive mechanical ventilation; average length of stay in ICU was 3.41 (1-37) days, and duration of mechanical …