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Perioperative Care
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Definition of 'Perioperative Care'Interventions to provide care prior to, during, and immediately after surgery. Common names: Perioperative Care; Care, Perioperative |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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...
12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Use of 80% oxygen during surgery has been suggested to reduce the risk of surgical wound infections, but this effect has not been consistently identified. The effect of 80% oxygen on pulmonary complications has not been well defined. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Perioperative Care'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Comments on head to head TEG vs ROTEM.
30 Oct 2009 - 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
- Perioperative strokes and beta-blockade. 30 Oct 2009
- Some unanswered questions about temperature management. 30 Oct 2009
- High inspired oxygen fraction and surgical site infection. 12 Oct 2009
- Effect of high perioperative oxygen fraction on surgical site infection and pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery: the PROXI randomized clinical trial. 12 Oct 2009
- Perioperative management of anticoagulated patients having cataract surgery: National audit of current practice of members of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. 29 Sep 2009
- Magnesium: an emerging drug in anaesthesia. 29 Sep 2009
- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery: advances and clinical implications. 29 Sep 2009
- SVS practice guidelines for the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: executive summary. 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
- Relationship between perioperative glycemic control and postoperative infections. 5 Sep 2009
- Perioperative insulin therapy using a closed-loop artificial endocrine pancreas after hepatic resection. 5 Sep 2009
- Perioperative intensive insulin therapy using artificial endocrine pancreas in patients undergoing pancreatectomy. 5 Sep 2009
- Fluvastatin and perioperative events in patients undergoing vascular surgery. Sep 2009
- Goal-directed fluid management with trans-oesophageal Doppler. 30 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