Blood samples were drawn at four time points before and after surgery from relatively healthy older adults who were undergoing
major elective surgery.
«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.
Not exact matches
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 Surgery
surgery using data from the Successful Aging after
Elective SurgerySurgery Study.
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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).