There are still uncertainties regarding the appropriateness and effectiveness of various modes of delivering preoperative education. Hence, this systematic review was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of various preoperative educational interventions in reducing preoperative anxiety. Fourteen interventional trials (12 randomised controlled trials and two pre/post test trials) involving...

BACKGROUND Translating research into practice, especially the implementation of digital health technologies in routine care, is increasingly important. Yet, there are few studies examining the challenges of implementing patient-facing digital technologies in health care settings. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report challenges experienced when implementing mobile apps for patients to...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To update evidence of the effectiveness of preoperative education among cardiac surgery patients. BACKGROUND Patients awaiting cardiac surgery may experience high levels of anxiety and depression, which can adversely affect their existing disease and surgery and result in prolonged recovery. There is evidence that preoperative education interventions can lead to improved p...

Wilms tumour (WT) (or nephroblastoma) is one of the most common malignant kidney tumors in children. On subsequent stages clinically it is often characterized by abdominal hypertension syndrome, which, in turn, leads to development of respiratory insufficiency. Other symptoms comprise renal deficiency, hypertension, and abnormalities of hemostasis and hemogram. Treatment includes rounds of preo...

AIM to reveal the role of polymorphism C3435T of MDR-1 gene in the response to preoperative chemotherapy in locally advance breast cancer. METHODS the analytical observational research in nineteen patients diagnosed between January and December 2005 with locally advanced breast cancer treated by preoperative Anthracycline chemotherapy to evaluate its predictive outcome was performed. On all s...

Understanding the risk factors for the development of PPCs allows targeted interventions aimed at reducing the frequency and severity of PPCs. The broad categories of what increases the likelihood of developing a PPC are understood but specific understanding of how individual risk factors act to cause PPCs is lacking,and there is little information regarding the interaction or synergy between r...

Biochemical investigations are carried out before a surgical operation either because a patient's condition indicates the need or to detect clinically inapparent abnormalities that may affect surgical and anaesthetic management. Nobody would argue about the first indication, but there is little agreement on the second. The inexperience of junior staff together with anxiety about litigation may ...

PURPOSE Recent advances aimed at preventing and treating complications after keratoprosthesis surgery have improved prognosis, but it has been suspected that various preoperative diagnoses may carry substantially different postoperative outcomes. This article attempts to clarify the ranking of prognostic categories for patients undergoing keratoprosthesis surgery. METHODS A retrospective revi...