Can measurement of intraoperative performance predict postoperative recovery?

Can We Predict Cognitive Performance Decrements

Warfighters are often subjected to challenging sleep/wake schedules that hinder their cognitive performance. Countermeasures, such as timely short naps and caffeine, are often used to mitigate the effects of sleep loss on performance. However, the timing, duration, and dosage of these countermeasures should be optimal (or near optimal) to maintain high levels of performance at the desired times...

Can admissions interviews predict performance in residency?

OBJECTIVE The authors aim to determine whether admission interviews predict performance in residency. METHODS The authors determined whether interview and other admission data were correlated with performance during postgraduate years 2-4 and with remaining in the residency in 544 residents enrolled in a single psychiatry residency program between 1963 and 2004. RESULTS Considered together,...

Can Spiritual Well-Being Predict Successful Aging?

Objectives: Successful aging is a positive, inner feeling and satisfaction with the past and present lives. Thus, the study was conducted to determine the predicting factors of the successful aging in a sample of Iranian elderly. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 291 elderly people in Qazvin in 2018 selected using two-stage cluster samp...

Can postoperative coffee perk up recovery time after colon surgery?

Intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine promotes postoperative sleep and recovery following radical mastectomy under general anesthesia

Postoperative sleep disturbance and fatigue following radical mastectomy were high risks for prolonged convalescence in patients with breast cancer. The present study was designed to observe the effect of intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine on postoperative sleep, fatigue and recovery following radical mastectomy under general anesthesia. Forty-seven patients were randomized into two groups t...