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Metastatic tumors to the brain affect nearly one in four patients with cancer, or an estimated 150,000 people a year. Up to 40 percent of people with lung cancer will develop metastatic brain tumors. In the past, the outcome for patients diagnosed with these tumors was very poor, with typical survival rates… …
These recommended practices provide guidance to perioperative nurses in performing sponge, sharp, and instrument counts in their practice settings. Counts are performed to account for all items and to lessen the potential for injury to the patient as a result of a retained foreign body. Complete and accurate counting procedures help promote optimal perioperative patient outcomes and demonstrate the perioperative practitioners commitment to patient safety…. …
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‘Patients presenting for thoracic surgery either acutely or chronically will always be demanding and require extensive planning for anaesthesia, surgery and recovery with many factors needing to be considered and resolved before beginning…’ …
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‘Patients presenting for thoracic surgery either acutely or chronically will always be demanding and require extensive planning for anaesthesia, surgery and recovery with many factors needing to be considered and resolved before beginning…’ …
Continue ReadingPreparing for Thoracic Surgery: What you need to know!
Skin grafting is a surgical procedure that involves removing skin from one area of the body and moving it, or transplanting it, to a different area of the body. This surgery may be done if a part of your body has lost its protective covering of skin due to burns, injury, or illness. The use of skin grafts is a traditional technique to promote the healing of acute and chronic wounds. There are different types of skin graft… …
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Long-term stability of fixation in bone can be achieved with either biological or cemented anchorage. Biological anchorage is achieved by ongrowth or ingrowth of bone, thus inducing an intimate contact of the tissue to the (structured) bioactive or, at least, bioinert surfaces. Cemented anchorage achieves fixation with the help of a form-fitting cement that… …
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‘Never events continue to happen, we can never be complacent. We need to embrace safety science at scale and equip staff to understand how human factors affect safety. Patients put their trust and health into clinical hands and judgement so we must strive to make surgery safer…’ …
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Patient positioning is vital to a safe and effective surgical procedure. Proper patient positioning depends on the type and length of procedure, anesthesia access to the patient, devices required and other factors. Safely positioning the patient is a team effort. All members of the surgical team play a significant role in the process and share responsibility for establishing and maintaining the correct patient positions… …
“If the patient is hemodynamically unstable and has no drains, they get a drain and a gastrostomy. If the patient is hemodynamically unstable with a drain, we need to add more drains and clear the area of infection. In the hemodynamically stable patient with a drain, all you need is total parenteral nutrition, antibiotics and observation….. …
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