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Postoperative Care

Known as: Care, Postoperative, care postoperative 
The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly… (More)

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1936-2017
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1936-2018
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Clinical practice guideline: tonsillectomy in children.
OBJECTIVE Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures in the United States, with more than 530,000 procedures… (More)
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2009
2009
Fast-track Surgery Improves Postoperative Recovery in Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Comparison with Conventional Postoperative Care
Fast-track surgery is a new, promising comprehensive program for surgical patients and is beneficial to recovery. Prospective… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Postoperative delirium in old patients with femoral neck fracture: a randomized intervention study.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Delirium is a common postoperative complication in elderly patients which has a serious impact on outcome in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Identification and characterisation of the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom
INTRODUCTION Little is known about mortality rates following general surgical procedures in the United Kingdom. Deaths are most… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Prospective, randomized, controlled trial between a pathway of controlled rehabilitation with early ambulation and diet and traditional postoperative care after laparotomy and intestinal resection.
INTRODUCTION In an era of dwindling hospital resources and increasing medical costs, safe reduction in postoperative stay has… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Monitoring of respiratory rate in postoperative care using a new photoplethysmographic technique
Objective.Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a non-invasive optical technique that measures variations in skin blood volume and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: toward zero hospital deaths.
OBJECTIVE The authors report on the surgical techniques and protocol for perioperative care that have yielded a zero hospital… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Postoperative plasma concentrations of procalcitonin after different types of surgery
Objective: Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) plasma concentrations were measured after different types of surgery… (More)
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Survival after pancreatoduodenectomy. 118 consecutive resections without an operative mortality.
Twenty-one years ago, Howard published a paper entitled "Forty-one Consecutive Whipple Resections Without an Operative Mortality… (More)
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Sleep in the surgical intensive care unit: continuous polygraphic recording of sleep in nine patients receiving postoperative care.
Sleep was studied in nine patients for two to four days after major non-cardiac surgery by continuous polygraphic recording of… (More)
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