OBJECTIVE While hyperglycemia in the postoperative setting has been linked to an increase in surgical complications, limited data are available to inform the management of patients with diabetes in the operating room and the immediate peri-operative period. We describe the results of a peri-operative glycemic control program that standardized intravenous insulin with a target glucose (BG) range...

BACKGROUND In the last year there has been an increasing interest for using frailty scales for risk stratification of elderly patients undergoing major surgery. We planned to compare two frailty scales with risk scales already used in cardiac surgery, to study which of these scores have better prognostic value predicting postoperative outcome in open heart surgery. METHODS We conducted a pros...

has no one to drive her home and no one to care for her at home after surgery. How would nurses in your ambulatory surgery facility handle this situation? It’s an increasingly important question as the population ages and more surgery is performed on an outpatient basis. “It can be challenging to meet the needs of this age group,” says Donna DeFazio Quinn, RN, BSN, MBA, CPAN, CAPA. “They’re fro...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the role of the nursing staff in pain management and verified the pain experiences of patients undergoing major surgery and receiving postoperative care in the intensive care unit. METHOD This was a prospective, observational study of postoperative patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit and later discharged to one of the hospital's regular wards. P...

Discussion I Treatment Decision-Making by Stage II Types of Gastric Cancer Treatment and its Indication Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) Modified Surgery Standard Surgery Extended Surgery Reduction Surgery Palliative Surgery Perioperative Management Clinical Pathway (CP) Postoperative Follow-up Chemotherapy Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Postoperative Adjuvant Ch...

Nausea and vomiting is a common and distressing postoperative complication with an incidence of 25-43% after both inpatient and day care surgery1. Patients rate freedom from postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) as their most IJBAR (2013) 04 (01) www.ssjournals.com Abstract Purpose: To compare the efficacy of ondansetron-dexamethasone combination with ondansetron alone for prevention of post...

UNLABELLED Postoperative pain can have a significant effect on patient recovery. An understanding of patient attitudes and concerns about postoperative pain is important for identifying ways health care professionals can improve postoperative care. To assess patients' postoperative pain experience and the status of acute pain management, we conducted a national study by using telephone question...