Sentences with phrase «major elective surgeries»

«In examining SAGES patients who had undergone major elective surgery, we compared patients who developed delirium with those who did not,» explained Vasunilashorn, a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC and HMS.

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

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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).

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.

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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.

It covers major decisions such as choice of college or proceeding with elective, non-emergent medical intervention (elective surgeries or courses of medication where reasonable minds could differ).