POST-ANÆSTHETIC AND POST-OPERATIVE PSYCHOSIS

Some Remarks on Post-Anæsthetic Sickness: Its Cause and Treatment

Effect of acupressure on post operative nausea and vomiting

Introduction: Nausea and vomiting is one of the most common postoperative complications. Aside from pharmacological interventions, other complementary healing modalities have been introduced to assist patients in decreasing this complication. This study examined acupressure as a potentially safe method (comparing to the traditional approach of using drugs) for preventing and or reliving nausea ...

Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Treatment

A new edition is most welcome. When the book appeared in 1937 it was well in advance of anything then in print. There is again a great deal of recent work assimilated into the body of the various chapters. Among the names of contributors are many new ones,some of which have been prominent in the journals during the last 8 years. We miss the name of Homans and his beautiful article on thrombosis...

Post-operative fluid complications.

Dipyrimadole & Post-Operative Hypercoagulability

It has been suggested that dipyrimadole might be effective in reducing the incidence of thrombosis by interfering with both platelet clumping and the early stages of blood clotting. Emmons et al (1965 a & b) found that dipyrimadole inhibited thrombus formation in injured rabbit vessels in vivo, and reduced platelet stickiness in vitro, and they suggested that dipyrimadole might be a useful agen...