Perioperative Care - Methods
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Temporary extracorporeal jugulosaphenous bypass for the peri-operative management of patients with superior vena caval obstruction: a report of three cases.

30 Oct 2009 Superior vena caval obstruction from a mediastinal mass presents a significant risk to patients requiring general anaesthesia, with reports of sudden death on induction of anaesthesia, during intubation and on initiation of positive pressure ... Read more...

Simplified management of hemodialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The mortality and morbidity rates are high after cardiac surgery in hemodialysis (HD)-dependent patients. To improve their outcomes, optimal perioperative managements should be discussed. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 245 HD ... Read more...

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery: advances and clinical implications.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECT: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring has become an integral part of vestibular schwannoma surgery. The aim of this article was to review the different techniques of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in vestibular ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Perioperative Care - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dopexamine and survival: areas of consistency. 30 Oct 2009
• Temporary extracorporeal jugulosaphenous bypass for the peri-operative management of patients with superior vena caval obstruction: a report of three cases. 30 Oct 2009
• Simplified management of hemodialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Magnesium: an emerging drug in anaesthesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery: advances and clinical implications. 29 Sep 2009
• Normoglycaemia in Type 1b glycogen storage disease with difficult venous access. 29 Sep 2009
• An analysis of renal dysfunction in 1511 patients with fractured neck of femur: the implications for peri-operative analgesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Perioperative management of patients with cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal carcinomatosis. 13 Sep 2009
• Goal-directed fluid management with trans-oesophageal Doppler. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevention of sternal wound infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery with use of insulin drug therapy: a review of the literature. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect on immune indices of preoperative intravenous glutamine dipeptide supplementation in malnourished abdominal surgery patients in the preoperative and postoperative periods. 30 Aug 2009
• A phase 2 trial of surgery with perioperative INGN 201 (Ad5CMV-p53) gene therapy followed by chemoradiotherapy for advanced, resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx: report of the Southwest Oncology Group. 30 Aug 2009
• Stroke volume calculation by esophageal Doppler integrates velocity over time and multiplies this "area under the curve" by the cross sectional area of the aorta. 30 Aug 2009
• Perioperative anticoagulant management. 30 Aug 2009
• Surgery in the patient with renal dysfunction. 30 Aug 2009
• Surgery in the patient with endocrine dysfunction. 30 Aug 2009
• Perioperative blood glucose management in patients undergoing tumor hepatectomy. 20 Aug 2009
• Evidence-based guidelines for prevention of perioperative hypothermia. 18 Aug 2009
• [Nutrition and oncogeriatry] 16 Aug 2009
• [Ten years of hand transplantation experiment or routine?] 15 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Perioperative Care'

Definition: Interventions to provide care prior to, during, and immediately after surgery.

Descriptor UI: D019990

Alternative terms: Perioperative Care; Care, Perioperative;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; supply & distribution;

Tree Number: E02.760.722; E04.604; N02.421.585.722;

History Note: 98

Technical Notes: do not confuse with PEROPERATIVE CARE see INTRAOPERATIVE CARE