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Showing 1 to 20 of 515 for “"postoperative"”.
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Paracetamol metabolism in postoperative patients
… there is still much to learn about paracetamol. Postoperative analgesic regimens that maintain good pain control while minimising exposure to opiates are beneficial and paracetamol has had a resurgence in this role since an IV formulation came to market. However there is evidence to suggest …
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Probabilistic Programming for Postoperative Bleeding
… uncertainty and study this in the context of postoperative bleeding management in a hospital intensive care unit. We explore the translation of a tool from machine learning and statistics, probabilistic programming, into the clinical context, examining the assumptions inherent in these …
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Entwicklung eines Gewebeersatzes für postoperative Weichgewebedefekte
… zur verbesserten Therapie von Patienten mit postoperativen Weichgewebsdefekten darstellen und eröffnet die Möglichkeit, Heilungsstörungen entgegenzuwirken und die Gewebsstabilität und -funktionalität wiederherzustellen.
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Postoperative pain : nursing management and organisational commitment
Postoperative pain management has been the subject of several national reports (Royal College of Surgeons of England and College of Anaesthetists, 1990; Audit Commission, 1997; Clinical Standards Advisory Group, 2000) that have each made recommendations for practice at ward level and Trust-wide …
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Preoperative Teaching and its Relationship to Postoperative Recovery
… who were able to attend the teaching sessions. Postoperatively the patients were visited for a five day period to reinforce the teaching and to observe for its effectiveness. The control group was selected in a retrospective manner from medical records within a five-year period, beginning with …
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The incidence and prevention of Postoperative Venous Thrombosis
… pulmonary embolus account for 12. 5% of all postoperative deaths and is the single greatest threat to recovery after surgical operations. This study was undertaken to investigate the incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis occurring at Groote Schuur Hospital using the newer methods of …
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Evaluating and Changing Postoperative Opioid Prescribing After Routine Pediatric Surgery
… retrospective review of children ( 7 days, or a postoperative LOS > 3 days were excluded. Data collected included patient demographics, operating surgeon, opioid prescription and dosages, and LOS. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square, Fisher’s Exact, Mann Whitney test, and …
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Myopic Progression and Postoperative Exodrift in Patients with Intermittent Exotropia
… divided by the total follow-up time per patient. Postoperative exodrift was calculated by subtracting the deviation at postoperative 6 weeks from the deviation at the last follow-up, and the deviation at postoperative day 1 from the deviation at postoperative 6 weeks. Linear regression was …
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Sleep apnoea and cardiac surgery: Screening, prevalence and postoperative outcomes
Introduction: An excess of postoperative complications have been reported in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) following surgical procedures, however, studies reporting outcomes in patients with OSA following cardiac surgery are sparse and of limited quality. The cause of worse surgical …
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Effects of duration of selected music as an intervention on postoperative pain in open-heart surgery patients during chair rest on the first postoperative day
… test the effects of selected music on reducing postoperative pain and use of pain relief medications in open-heart surgery patients during chair rest on the first postoperative day.</p> <p> This study was conducted using a pretest-posttest experimental design. A convenience sample of 13 …
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Predicting the risk for postoperative delirium using routine EEG monitoring data
Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication in elderly surgical patients, causing prolonged hospitalization, cognitive decline, and increased institutionalization. Current prediction models often rely on demographic factors that lack sufficient granularity in age-homogeneous populations. …
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Managing Postoperative Pain for Timely Discharge of Total Hip Replacement Patients
… and deep vein thrombosis. Nurses who care for postoperative surgical patients must recognize the need for adequate pain management and look at the latest data and evidence based practice. </p>
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Adult Postoperative Open-Heart Patients: Anemia and 30-Day Hospital Readmission
… and 30-day hospital readmission rates among postoperative open-heart adult patients.</li> <li>Aim 4. To explain the development and impact of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and discuss the political, social, and economic implications of CABG as a newly targeted condition …
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The Perceived Effectiveness of Brief Psychological Techniques for Acute Postoperative Pain
Postoperative pain is still a challenge and patients are still suffering from postoperative pain, despite the administration of multiple analgesic methods for treating pain. In a systematic review and meta-analysis I found that brief psychological interventions such as relaxation techniques …
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A Study of the Relationship between Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Vomiting
… for a study of the relationship of anxiety and postoperative vomiting were made through a review of literature. The factors which researchers believed were contributory to postoperative vomiting and the possible inclusion of anxiety as one of them were studied.</p> <p>Three physiologic measures …
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