PURPOSE IQ tests are frequently used in the preoperative neuropsychological assessment of candidates for anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL). We reviewed IQ test results and surgery outcomes to evaluate the roles of IQ tests in the preoperative work-up. METHODS A total of 205 adult patients who had undergone ATL and whose seizure outcomes were followed for 2 years after surgery were included. T...

www.aana.com/aanajournalonline Anesthesia providers and surgeons do poorly at consistently identifying patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) without use of screening tools. Aims of this evidence-based-practice project were to determine whether educating nurses about OSA and incorporating the STOP-BANG Questionnaire into preoperative forms was associated with an increased identification of...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify demographic and treatment characteristics associated with postoperative fear of lymphedema. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Outpatient breast clinic at a comprehensive cancer center in the northeastern United States. SAMPLE 324 patients undergoing treatment for unilateral breast cancer. METHODS Women with breast cancer were prospectively screened ...

wc studied the correlation between preoperative cervical cytology, postoperative clinicopathologic findings, and sites of metastasis from so surgically staged patients with endometrial carcinoma tliirty-faur patients (68%), liad normal cervical cytology, ami 16(32%) had malignant preoperative cervical cytology. malignant cervical smears were statistically correlated with surgical stage (p = 0.0...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial factors have shown independent predictive value in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Although there is strong evidence to support the role of psychosocial factors in cardiovascular mortality, there is a scarcity of knowledge about how these factors are related. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between depression, anxiety, education, social isolation ...

BACKGROUND In our hospital a fast-track setting including a multimodal pain protocol is used for total hip arthroplasty (THA). Despite this multimodal pain protocol there is still a large range in reported postoperative pain between patients, which hinders mobilization and rehabilitation postoperatively. The goal of this study was to identify which patient-specific and surgical characteristics ...

Primary care physicians (internal medicine and family practice) are often asked to evaluate patients before surgery and prepare them for the procedure. The goal of our study was to examine primary care and anesthesiology resident physicians' knowledge of preoperative evaluation and preparation as well as perioperative changes during anesthesia and surgery. To this end, a questionnaire was sent ...

OBJECTIVES Gabapentin and pregabalin has been shown to reduce postoperative pain effectively. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to assess the role of preoperative gabapentinoids for attenuating postoperative pain after nasal surgery in patients via a meta-analysis of the literature. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Database. METHODS Literature was screened from inception to December ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the knowledge of nutritional therapy (NT) of surgery residents and surgeons. METHODS We applied two standardized questionnaires on knowledge, attitude and behavior regarding NT to 50 physicians (35 residents and 15 surgeons) of 12 different surgical areas. We compared the proportions of hits according to the perception on the subject of each group using the Fisher exact t...