From the time that a patient leaves the care of the anaesthetist after an operation until he wakes in the ward his physiological state should be continuously and expertly supervised. Postoperative nurses are provided only when the operating theatre has a recovery room. A survey among consultants and nurses in one region showed that many surgical units did not have recovery rooms and that inexpe...

Bariatric surgery is on the rise as treatment for the increasing number of obese patients in the US population. As this procedure becomes more common, primary care physicians are assuming increased responsibility not only for preoperative selection and education of bariatric surgery candidates but also for their postoperative care and monitoring-two factors necessary for a successful surgical o...

OBJECTIVE To test the capacity of the Logistic CASUS Score on the second postoperative day, the total serum bilirubin dosage on the second postoperative day and the extracorporeal circulation time, as possible predictive factors of long-term stay in Intensive Care Unit after cardiac surgery. METHODS Eight-two patients submitted to cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation were selected....

OBJECTIVE Cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass can be associated with postoperative lung dysfunction. The present study investigates the incidence of postoperative hypoxia after cardiac surgery, its relationship with the length of intensive care unit stay, and the role of body mass index in determining postoperative hypoxia and intensive care unit length of stay. DESIGN Single-cente...

Objective: To investigate the risk factors for postoperative agitation in patients who underwent laparotomy under general anesthesia and to observe the effect of targeted care risk management on prevention of agitation, reduction in care-related adverse events and shortening of hospital stay. Methods: This study was subdivided into two phases. In Phase I, we explored the risk factors for postop...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of oral care in prevention of postoperative pneumonia associated with esophageal cancer surgery.Postoperative pneumonia is a severe adverse event associated with esophageal cancer surgery. It is thought to be caused by aspiration of oropharyngeal fluid containing pathogens. However, the relationship between oral health status and postop...

The quality of postoperative care received by patients undergoing resident-performed cataract surgery is not well described. In a retrospective chart review, this study investigated the prevalence and preoperative predictors of noncompliance with postoperative cataract surgery care in an urban teaching hospital. It found that one in four patients was noncompliant with cataract surgery postopera...