An Outline Guide for the Care of Post-Operative Cardiac Patients

[Immediate post-operative care following cardiac surgery].

OBJECTIVE To present a care routine for children submitted to heart surgery. SOURCE OF DATA Literature review of Medscape, MD Consult and PubMed. Analysis of the suggested conducts adopted by various services from different countries and comparison with the care routine at the Pequeno Príncipe Children's Hospital (Curitiba, state of Paraná), where approximately 8,000 heart surgeries were perf...

Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care of Surgical Patients

Pain Assessment Using Numerical Rating Scale to Guide Analgesic Therapy in Post Operative Cardiac Surgery Patients

Pain assessment using Numerical Rating Scale to guide analgesic therapy in post operative cardiac surgery patients. Post operative pain assessment and management is a unique area of clinical practice. Repeated pain assessment is a fundamental tool for improving the quality of acute pain management. The objectives of the study were to assess pain using Numerical Rating Scale in post operative ca...

Peri-operative radiotherapy for the prevention of post-operative fibrosis on rats

Background: Post-operative fibrosis related pains and functional anomalies  can be serious problems for patients. Radiotherapy (RT) could inhibit fibrosis which may occurs post- operation especially following laminectomy. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the effect of peri-operative RT on the prevention of post-operative fibrosis and scar formation on rats. Materials and Method...

Management of New Post-Operative Arrhythmia in Cardiac Patients

Results Results from the staff questionnaire indicated 64% were unaware of local guidelines. 25 cases were identified; 2 in ICU, 15 in HDU and 8 on the ward. Case mix included CABG (37%), valve replacement (20%), mixed CABG and valve (23%), and other (20%). Average logistic EuroScore was 4.34%, higher than the centres average. In the majority of cases (56%), onset of arrhythmia occurred 24-72 h...