Postoperative Care - Nursing
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Soothing music can increase oxytocin levels during bed rest after open-heart surgery: a randomised control trial.

30 Jul 2009 AIM: To evaluate the effect of bed rest with music on relaxation for patients who have undergone heart surgery on postoperative day one. BACKGROUND: Music intervention has been evaluated as an appropriate nursing intervention to reduce patients ... Read more...

Continuity of care for the stoma patient: psychological considerations.

30 Jul 2009 The transition from hospital to home is an important milestone for any patient: having progressed through surgery and early postoperative care, they have now achieved discharge status. Stoma surgery can adversely affect patients' body image, and ... Read more...

[Thoracic paravertebral block]

21 Jul 2009 Thoracic paravertebral block for postoperative pain control has been introduced more than a century ago. It is currently gaining increasing popularity. This simple and safe technique can be used for postoperative analgesia, as well as sole ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Care - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Penile rehabilitation. 30 Aug 2009
• Soothing music can increase oxytocin levels during bed rest after open-heart surgery: a randomised control trial. 30 Jul 2009
• Continuity of care for the stoma patient: psychological considerations. 30 Jul 2009
• [Thoracic paravertebral block] 21 Jul 2009
• Management of ileocutaneous fistulae using TNP after surgery for abdominal malignancy. 29 Jun 2009
• A pilot study of a nursing intervention protocol to minimize maternal-infant separation after Cesarean birth. 29 Jun 2009
• [Postoperative use of injectable morphine] 29 Jun 2009
• Postoperative telephone calls: timing is everything. 29 Jun 2009
• A comparison of novice and expert nurses' cue collection during clinical decision-making: verbal protocol analysis. 22 Jun 2009
• The cardiovascular intensive care unit nurse's experience with end-of-life care: a qualitative descriptive study. 10 Jun 2009
• Spinal anesthesia in preterm infant undergoing herniorrhaphy. 30 May 2009
• Can pressure mapping prevent ulcers? 30 May 2009
• Patients' perception of music versus ordinary sound in a postanaesthesia care unit: a randomised crossover trial. 12 May 2009
• [Nursing care in patients after thoracosurgical treatment especially esophageal tumor] 29 Apr 2009
• Nurses make the difference. 29 Apr 2009
• Acute complications of stem cell transplant. 29 Apr 2009
• Umbilical cord stem cell transplantation. 29 Apr 2009
• Aspirin-induced postoperative bleeding. 29 Apr 2009
• Caring for a patient after mastectomy. 29 Apr 2009
• The COMFORT behavioural scale and the modified FLACC scale in paediatric intensive care. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Postoperative Care'

Definition: The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D011182

Alternative terms: Postoperative Care; Care, Postoperative; Postoperative Procedures; Postoperative Procedure; Procedure, Postoperative; Procedures, Postoperative;

Related Mesh Headings: Physical Therapy Modalities;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.760.722.700; E04.624; N02.421.585.722.700;

Technical Notes: DF: POSTOP CARE