Predictions of postoperative visual outcome in subjects with cataract: a preoperative and postoperative study

Preoperative Expectations and Postoperative Outcomes of Visual Functioning among Cataract Patients in Urban Southern China

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between preoperative expectations and actual postoperative outcomes of visual function (VF) among patients undergoing first eye cataract surgery. METHODS A longitudinal study of 182 patients from hospitals in urban Southern China were surveyed prior to surgery and 3 month after cataract surgery regarding their preoperative, expected postoperative and ac...

Preoperative electroretinogram and postoperative visual outcome in patients with diabetic vitreous hemorrhage.

PURPOSE To determine whether the single-flash electroretinogram (ERG) can predict the postoperative outcome in diabetic cases where massive vitreous hemorrhage precludes fundus observation. METHODS Eighty-five diabetic patients (105 eyes) who underwent vitrectomy due to dense vitreous hemorrhage were studied retrospectively. Eyes with postoperative complications were excluded. Preoperative ER...

Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients

BACKGROUND Despite showing a prognostic value in general surgical patients, preoperative asymptomatic elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is not considered a risk factor for cardiac surgery. Whereas there is sporadic evidence of its value as a preoperative risk marker, it has not been looked at methodically as a specific index of outcome during cardiac surgery. Using a national database we so...

Preoperative and Postoperative Treatment

Preoperative prediction of postoperative respiratory outcome. Coronary artery bypass grafting.

OBJECTIVE The hypothesis that traditionally defined preoperative risk factors predict prolonged mechanical ventilation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) was tested in our cohort. The predictive power of these factors was quantified, and specific patient subsets destined for prolonged mechanical ventilation after CABG surgery were defined. DESIGN Five hundred thirteen consecuti...