Cholelithiasis or gallstones are pieces of solid material that form in the gallbladder. Gallstone disease cholelithiasis is often found various countries, including Indonesia. One collaborative actions to overcome problem cholecytectomy surgery. This case study aims determine application perioperative care patients with a diagnosis by laparotomy for cholecystectomy. The method this was providin...

Surgical operations may be hazardous on patients who are being treated with steroid hormones or who have recently received such therapy. This is a problem which is likely to occur more frequently now that cortisone and the A,-steroids, prednisone and prednisolone have been made generally available. The situation may arise in one of two ways. First, the patient may be receiving small (physiologi...

2. Elective admission to the Intensive Care Unit of poor risk cases This group includes patients with such conditions as coronary artery disease, respiratory insufficiency or severe diabetes mellitus. In such patients the operative procedure itself may not be formidable; partial gastrectomy, colectomy or emergency surgery for haemorrhage, perforation or intestinal obstruction, for example, ofte...

Despite recent national advances in the care for the hip fracture patient, significant morbidity and mortality persists. Some of this morbidity is attributable to the analgesia provided in the hospital setting. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland recommend the use of simple oral analgesia including opioids, with ...

purpose: to compare clear corneal incision and scleral tunnel incision in terms of intraocular pressure (iop), post-operative inflammation, induced astigmatism, and corneal edema in phacoemulcification. methods: this non-controlled clinical trial was conducted on 78 eyes with senile cataract. a clear corneal incision was made in 40 eyes and a scleral tunnel incision was made in 38 eyes. all eye...

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...

Due to the growing importance of quality assurance and cost containment in healthcare, eliciting patients' preferences for post-operative outcomes may be a more economical and reliable method of assessing quality. Three hundred and fifty-five day surgery patients completed a pre-operative written questionnaire to identify patients' preferences for avoiding 10 particular post-operative symptoms:...

Patient education is an important element of care for people having a range of investigations and treatments. The potentially beneficial effect on outcomes has been explored. In particular research, and meta-analyses of the studies, have demonstrated the positive effect of pre-operative education on post-operative outcomes in patients having a variety of surgical procedures. However, applicatio...