Search results for "Perioperative Care"
Presurgery planning may boost postop outcomes
Deconditioning after surgery can happen very quickly, within 24 to 48 hours, but prehabilitation can target modifiable factors to help patients optimize fitness and improve recovery.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/07/presurgery-planning-may-boost-postop-outcomes.htm
1 Jul 2024
Training in breathing exercises before upper abdominal surgery significantly reduced postoperative pulmonary complications and pneumonia
Study authors noted that the intervention has minimal potential to harm and can be provided within existing hospital clinics that patients must attend before surgery.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/30/5.htm
30 Jan 2018
Perioperative aspirin may improve short-term outcomes after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI
Seventeen patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) would need to be treated with aspirin to prevent one myocardial infarction during the perioperative period, an accompanying editorial noted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/14/4.htm
14 Nov 2017
New persistent opioid use after elective surgery similar between minor, major procedures
Researchers used administrative health claims from Jan. 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015, among a cohort of privately insured adults ages 18 to 64 years who had surgery between 2013 and 2014.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/18/2.htm
18 Apr 2017
Patients may safely continue aspirin to the day of pancreas surgery
Patients undergoing major pancreas operations can continue taking aspirin through the morning of surgery with no increased risk of bleeding, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/30/6.htm
30 Jul 2013
Drug may reduce transfusions but increase thrombosis in liver disease patients having elective invasive procedures
Eltrombopag, an oral thrombopoietin-receptor agonist, may reduce the need for platelet transfusions in patients with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease who are undergoing invasive elective procedures, but risk for portal-vein thrombosis may increase, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/6.htm
28 Aug 2012
Alcohol use disorder increases after bariatric surgery
Patients were more likely to report symptoms of alcohol use disorder two years after bariatric surgery than they were presurgery, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/26/5.htm
26 Jun 2012
Elevated troponin T may help predict 30-day mortality
Troponin T levels accurately predict 30-day mortality after noncardiac surgery, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/12/5.htm
12 Jun 2012