Sentences with phrase «after elective surgery»

«Trajectory of functional recovery after postoperative delirium: Delirium after elective surgery results in a less successful recovery.»

The study population was drawn from the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) study and included participants 70 years of age or older who were scheduled to undergo elective surgery with an anticipated stay of at least 3 days.

In this new work, BIDMC researchers and co-lead authors Sarinnapha M. Vasunilashorn, PhD, and Long Ngo, PhD, examined data from a patient cohort called SAGES (Successful Aging after Elective Surgery Study).

To look for potential blood - based markers of delirium, a team led by senior investigators Towia Libermann, PhD and Edward Marcantonio, MD, SM, both of BIDMC, screened plasma from adults without dementia aged 70 and older undergoing major non-cardiac surgery using data from the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery Study.

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Especially with planned cesarean, some babies will inadvertently be delivered prematurely.1 Babies born even slightly before they are ready may experience breathing and breastfeeding problems.21 One to two babies per 100 will be cut during the surgery.33 Studies comparing elective cesarean section or cesarean section for reasons unrelated to the baby with vaginal birth find that babies are 50 % more likely to have low Apgar scores, 5 times more likely to require assistance with breathing, and 5 times more likely to be admitted to intermediate or intensive care.4 Babies born after elective cesarean section are more than four times as likely to develop persistent pulmonary hypertension compared with babies born vaginally.17 Persistent pulmonary hypertension is life threatening.

The book examines: - why the research shows so little benefit for physiologic care and so little harm from medical - model management - what's behind the cesarean epidemic - what the research establishes as optimal care for initiating labor, facilitating labor progress, guarding maternal and fetal safety, birthing the baby, and promoting safety for mother and baby after the birth - the true, quantified risks of primary cesarean surgery, planned VBAC versus elective repeat cesarean, instrumental vaginal delivery, and regional analgesia - how the organization of the maternity care system adversely impacts care outcomes

A statement from the hospital indicated emergency cases would be attended to after prior arrangement are made in such cases, while non-emergency and elective surgery in Urology would be referred to other hospitals in the Metropolis.

Yannick Le Manach, M.D., Ph.D., of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and colleagues examined if there was a difference in hospital mortality among patients who underwent hip fracture surgery relative to an elective THR, after adjustment for age, sex, and preoperative medical conditions.

Following hip fracture surgery (n = 319,804), 10,931 patients (3.4 percent) died before hospital discharge and 669 patients (0.18 percent) died after elective THR.

Blood samples were drawn at four time points before and after surgery from relatively healthy older adults who were undergoing major elective surgery.

And they also never abandoned him after the radical blackendectomy and the series of elective surgeries which left him looking like one weird white woman.

Large animal surgery elective laboratories in semester 6 are taught using cadaver parts (e.g. limbs, skulls) and live sheep that are recovered from some procedures and then euthanized after more invasive procedures.

After evaluating all sides and weighing the pros and the cons, as a group we have decided to no longer offer elective declawing surgery.

UVMA discourages «cosmetic» elective surgeries such as ear cropping, tail docking, declawing, and dewclaw removal, but does provide these services on a limited basis for regular clients after consultation with a doctor.

Elective surgery for dogs: It may sound odd, but it's exactly what some purebreds undergo shortly after birth.