Coupling a smart phone app with a real-life health coach appears to be key to helping patients adhere to pre-surgical preparation and post-surgical recovery guidance and improving surgical outcomes, according to new findings ...
Apr 4, 2024
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When it comes to having surgery, older adults don't just base their decision on how much pain they'll feel and how quickly they'll recover, a new study finds.
Jan 30, 2024
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Prof. Mark Coburn and PD Dr. Ana Kowark from the Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) have conducted the largest randomized study to date on the effect of ...
Dec 20, 2023
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The number of patients undergoing elective (non-emergency) surgery in Australia's public hospitals increased by 18% from 2021–22 to 2022–23, but many patients are still facing long wait times, according to data from the ...
Dec 5, 2023
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New survey data from the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anesthetists (NAP7) published in the journal Anaesthesia shows that potentially serious complications occur in one in 18 procedures under the care ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Research led by the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio evaluated postoperative recovery rates from elective surgery in a study, "Association Between Mobilization and Composite Postoperative Complications Following Major Elective Surgery," ...
The 2022 summer heatwave resulted in a fifth of UK hospitals being forced to cancel operations during the three days when temperatures soared, a new study reveals.
Mar 22, 2023
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Older Black men have a higher chance of dying within 30 days of surgery than do Black women and white men and women—with their odds of death 50% higher after elective surgery compared with white men.
Mar 1, 2023
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In consensus guidelines issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and published online Jan. 5 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, recommendations are presented for the perioperative management ...
Jan 6, 2023
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The number of patients treated in the 2021–22 financial year from Australia's public hospital elective surgery waiting lists ('elective' meaning non-emergency) fell to the lowest level since 2010–11. This was associated ...
Dec 6, 2022
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