Topical haemostatic agents in liver surgery: do we need them?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Topical haemostatic agents in liver surgery: do we need them?
BACKGROUND Worldwide, partial liver resections are increasingly being performed for primary or secondary hepatic malignancies. There are various techniques to reduce blood loss during liver surgery. Several topical haemostatic agents have been developed to improve haemostasis of the resection surface and these agents are used more and more, even although the true effects remain unclear. METHO...
متن کاملTopical hemostatic agents in liver surgery: do we need them?
Background: Worldwide, partial liver resections are increasingly performed for primary or secondary hepatic malignancies. There are various techniques to reduce blood loss during liver surgery. Several topical hemostatic agents have been developed to improve hemostasis of the resection surface and these agents are used more and more, even although the true effects remain unclear. Methods: The p...
متن کاملDoctor's assistants--do we need them?
OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential for the doctor's assistant role within an accident and emergency (A&E) department in relation to consultant workload. METHODS A time and motion evaluation of the activities of four A&E consultants before and after a doctor's assistant was established as a team member within our department. A review of the literature was undertaken to allow comparisons wi...
متن کاملClear Juice Heaters Do We Need Them?
Current practice is to install clear juice heaters ahead of first effect evaporators to ensure that the juice entering the evaporator is above its boiling temperature, allowing flashing to occur on entry. The alternative, of allowing the juice heating to take place in the evaporator, is sometimes rejected on the basis that heating transfer performance of an evaporator is very poor when operatin...
متن کاملNursing handovers: do we really need them?
AIM This study attempts to address the content of nursing handover when compared with formal documentation sources. BACKGROUND The nursing handover has attracted criticism in the literature in relation to its continuing role in modern nursing. Criticisms include those related to time expenditure, content, accuracy and the derogatory terms in which patients are sometimes being discussed. MET...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: HPB
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1365-182X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00065.x