Sentences with phrase «for elective surgery»

Any exclusion specifically listed in General Exclusions and Limitations, numbers 2 through 35, as well as the section entitled Additional Limitations and Exclusions for Elective Surgery and Elective Treatment, will not receive benefits from this waiver;

Other ongoing research projects focus on assessing orthopedic surgeon attitudes about ethical issues, patient selection for elective surgery, and the ethics of concurrent surgery.

Endotracheal intubation, in which a tube is inserted through the voice box (larynx) into the windpipe, and tracheotomy, in which surgery is undertaken to create a hole through the neck and into the windpipe (trachea) to facilitate breathing, are widely used in the hospital setting for elective surgery and in cases of serious illness or critical injury.

«Additionally, often times patients travel long distances during the night or early morning before being admitted into the hospital for elective surgery.

Only 8 % of surveyed patients in the United States reported a wait time of four months or more for elective surgery, compared to 33 % in Canada and 41 % in the U.K. Germany scored the best, with only 6 % reporting a long wait for elective surgery.

Dr. Dragos also offers pre and post-operative acupuncture treatments for elective surgeries, such as spays and neuters, for healthy pets for $ 95 per treatment.

Not exact matches

However, the last time that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees walked out for a one - day strike in November 2013, UC San Diego Medical Center and Thornton Hospital, now called Jacob's Medical Center, moved 171 medical procedures, including 100 elective surgeries, to different days as a reported 840 employees picketed near both facilities.

Undaunted, the supposed guardians of civil liberties — except the free exercise of religion, it seems — recently brought a case against a Catholic hospital for refusing to permit doctors to perform an elective hysterectomy as part of a sex - reassignment surgery.

Washington, DC — A new committee opinion from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) addresses the controversy of elective cesarean delivery, using it as an example of how doctors can ethically help patients make decisions about surgical treatment when there is a lack of firm evidence for or against such surgery.

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.

For example, women who achieve VBAC avoid major abdominal surgery and have lower rates of hemorrhage, thromboembolism, and infection, and a shorter recovery period than women who have an elective repeat cesarean delivery (2, 3, 7, 9, 33).

Today, approximately 89 % of all hysterectomies are classified as «elective» surgery and are performed for conditions that are not life - threatening.

«Elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks definitely have some increased morbidity,» says Abdulla Al - Khan, MD, the director and chief of maternal and fetal medicine and surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey Other factors such as type of delivery and reason for early term delivery also affect these risks, he says.

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

Other studies showed that wait times for things from elective surgery to specialists to tests are much longer in non-US countries.

There is no evidence to suggest that private clinics given NHS contracts to deal with routine elective surgery are providing value for money, MPs have warned.

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.

Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture are at substantially higher risk of mortality and medical complications compared with patients undergoing an elective total hip replacement (THR).

Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more medical conditions than patients who underwent an elective total hip replacement, factors that may contribute to the higher risk of in - hospital death and major postoperative complications experienced by hip fracture surgery patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue of JAMA.

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 Surgerysurgery using data from the Successful Aging after Elective SurgerySurgery Study.

«Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more comorbidities than patients who underwent an elective THR, and these differences accounted for some of the difference in outcomes between these groups,» the authors write.

Some 54 % of U.S. adults say elective cosmetic surgery leads to about equal benefits and downsides for society, while 26 % express the belief that there are more downsides than benefits, and just 16 % say society receives more benefits than downsides from cosmetic surgery.

In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resSurgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon ressurgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.

When compared to elective surgery, emergency surgery was 30 percent more expensive for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, 17 percent more expensive for coronary artery bypass graft and 53 percent more expensive for colon resection.

They observed similar results in ART - controlled, HIV - infected patients who had undergone elective abdominal surgery: their SVF samples are positive for HIV DNA, and the researchers could show the presence of infected and virus - producing cells within the patients» adipose tissue and more specifically among adipose CD4 + T cells.

[1] Mind - body medicine: state of the science, implications for practice [2] Effects of guided imagery on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing same - day surgical procedures: a randomized, single - blind study [3] Guided imagery: a significant advance in the care of patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery [4] Relaxation techniques: Try these steps to reduce stress [5] Champion Novak Djokovic Reveals the Power of Visualization

There are countless examples of «expert physicians» who have given extremely bad recommendations over the years — from insistence in the 1950s - 60s that cigarette smoking is not harmful, to cardiologists in the 1970s recommending potent (and toxic) anti-arrhythmic drugs for the treatment of benign PVCs — until randomized controlled trials documented increased mortality in the treatment group, to numerous unnecessary surgeries that used to be commonplace (such as tonsillectomies, elective C - sections, spinal fusion for back pain, etc., etc..

Supporters of elective c - sections say that this surgery may protect a woman's pelvic organs, reduces the risk of bowel and bladder problems, and is as safe for the baby as vaginal delivery.

(In English and Afrikaans with subtitles) Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (R for profanity and sexual humor) Revealing bio-pic chronicling a year in the life of the legendary comedienne / elective plastic surgery devotee.

The same holds true for any planned elective surgeries and dental procedures that may leave you with unreimbursed expenses.

Our state - of - the - art surgical suite provides for the performance of a wide variety of surgical procedures, including elective procedures (spay, neuter, declaw), major abdominal surgery, tumor removals, and cruciate ligament repair.

Visit the Elective Surgery page for more details.

For routine elective surgeries, any discharge from the incision site is abnormal.

Pets that need additional monitoring or overnight care following elective surgeries for pain relief, fluid support can count on us.

To complement the core courses, a series of elective streams has been developed for the following species and areas of interests: equine medicine and surgery; wildlife, zoological medicine, and ecology; small animal medicine and surgery; food animal; all - species specialties (diagnostic imaging, laboratory animal, ophthalmology, clinical pathology, gross pathology, and therapeutics); business and communication; public health / one health.

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.

While these surgeries are commonly elective they can do a great deal to improve your dog's quality of life for years to come.

We book elective surgeries Monday through Friday, and are often available for emergency surgeries during business hours as well.

Elective options allow for clinical experience in other specialties within the hospital as well as further experience in the core rotations (internal medicine, surgery, and emergency medicine).

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

For too long, declawing has been treated as a routine veterinary procedure, even though it is an elective surgery that is largely performed to prevent scratching on furniture.

Elective surgery is defined as: surgery that is not essential, especially surgery that is not required for survival.

Last July, Massachusetts became the first state to ban elective devocalization surgeries for cats or dogs.

Declawing cats presents more risks for complications than most other elective surgeries.

Hmmm... maybe elective cybernetic surgery could be an officially licensed tie - in for Titanfall 2?

As we sit praying for negative test results, staring in disbelief about a missed connecting flight for that unexpected trip home or hating our too - proud selves for going to elective surgery alone, we look up and see neglected, ugly art.

In custody cases, does the family court have authority to make legal custody type decisions for a child (e.g., which school the child will attend; whether a child can get elective surgery) or does the court merely have authority to decide who gets to decide?

In reality, there will probably be an implied right for employees to take time off when they are sick, but should elective cosmetic surgery count as sickness?

Looking good is something we all aspire to do, and at the same time many types of elective surgery are for more than just cosmetic reasons.

On 06/17/2015, Humana Sales Support representative Sheila (reference number 448477) informed our agency that gender reassignment surgery, hormone replacement therapy and other such services would not be covered for on or off exchange major medical plans as they are considered elective.