Articles Tagged With: surgery
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Elective surgery risk factor: post-hospital syndrome
A condition known as post- hospital syndrome is a significant risk factor for patients who undergo elective outpatient surgery, according to a study from Loyola in Maywood, IL.
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Medication errors happen in about half of surgeries
A recent study indicates that medication errors occur in about half of all surgeries, possibly because patient safety policies and procedures are relaxed in the operating room.
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When It Comes to Anxiety, Words Beat Pills
Anxious patients heading into surgery often receive medication to ease their fears, but a few calming words from their physicians might be more effective medicine. -
Call for Action: Research on Anesthesia for Babies and Children
Are anesthetics and sedatives safe for infants and children under age 4? The FDA says we need to know more than we do.
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Quadriplegics’ Hand and Arm Movements Restored
In 2012, Michael D. Bavlsik, MD, his son, and other Boy Scouts were traveling in Minnesota when his van collided with a boat and a trailer. The accident left Bavlsik a quadriplegic. The primary care physician and father of eight is now able to feed himself, write, examine patients’ ears, and drive, based on a newly reported surgical technique. -
Robotic surgery problems can involve facilities
We discuss the case of a surgeon investigated for his robotic surgeries and how the facility became involved. -
Nurses text, send images from the OR with new app
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, FL, uses a new app that feeds information from the operating room directly to the smartphones of a patient’s family and loved ones. It’s called EASE, which stands for Electronic Access to Surgical Events.
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Study: Minimally invasive surgery could lower healthcare costs by hundreds of millions a year
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce postoperative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars off the nation’s healthcare bill.
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One year after surgery, preoperative program to quit smoking still shows benefits
Patients receiving a brief intervention to help them quit smoking before surgery are more likely to be nonsmokers at one-year follow-up, reports a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Administering lorazepam for patients receiving general anesthesia questioned
Although sedatives often are administered before surgery, a randomized trial finds that among patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia, receiving the sedative lorazepam before surgery, compared with placebo or no premedication, did not improve the self-reported patient experience the day after surgery, but was associated with longer time until extubation and a lower rate of early cognitive recovery, according to a study published in the March 3 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.