A potential limitation of the present study is that, unlike the heterogeneity of human patients undergoing major surgery, our animals were healthy adult males of similar age and physiology. Future studies could
The study of one hundred and forty-two patients who underwent major surgery after a radical course of radiotherapy for pelvic and head and neck tumors has revealed the following trends: The most important complications in the immediate postoperative period are the problem of healing for tumors o...
The energy requirements of patients following elective, uncomplicated major surgery appear to remain similar to those in the preoperative period. Although indirect calorimetry is infrequently employed postoperatively, formula-based estimations are comparably imprecise to the commonly used rule of 25–30 m...
for all surgeries (ie, not just the surgeries meeting inclusion criteria for this cohort study) in Ontario from 2004 until 2015 increased every year as did the yearly percentage of patients in this cohort whose surgery had a complete handover during the study period (eFigure in the Supplement...
RESEARCH ARTICLE Outcomes after major surgery in patients with myasthenia gravis: A nationwide matched cohort study a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 Yi-Wen Chang1,2☯, Yi-Chun Chou3, Chun-Chieh Yeh4,5, Chaur-Jong Hu6, Chih-Jen Hung2, Chao-Shun ...
. Typically, it is computed as the average inotropic support administered over a predefined period. Research findings consistently assert that an elevated VIS stands as an independent risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in various scenarios, including pediatric and adult cardiac surgery8,9,10,13...
The results of this pilot study suggest that cognitive training targeting working memory administered in the postoperative period after major surgery can sustain older adults’ cognitive and emotional functioning, and especially their mood. Introduction Cognitive changes can occur after major surgery, irresp...
When commenced in the pre- operative period, this technique has been shown to improve outcome after major general surgery [1-3]. Although the number of post-operative deaths has changed little in recent years [4,5], pre-operative GDT has not been introduced into routine practice. The ...
A doctor examines a Kashin-Beck patient who underwent surgery in Qamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, on March 29, 2021 (XINHUA) Chronic disease treatment Steady progress has been made in the prevention and control of chronic diseases. The rate of premature mortality from four major noncommunicable dise...
However, the interaction between frailty and postoperative time suggests that the early postoperative period is a window of markedly increased risk of mortality for frail elderly patients. Furthermore, significant interactions between frailty, patient age, and surgery type provide important insights into ...