Recently added articles from Journal of Perioperative Practice:
Clippers or the knife? The reform of surgical practice and the difficulty of early wound closure.(IN THEIR OPINION: Life as they see it--members of AfPP write on issues that concern or interest them)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Stephens-Borg, Keith ... Introduction Our ability to turn a major disaster into an event which accelerates technology is very similar to a burning forest which years later experiences flora in abundance. As always, the consequences of war focus on relieving the suffering caused by the destructive power ...
Mary Seacole: self taught nurse and heroine of the Crimean war.(NOTABLE WOMEN IN HEALTHCARE)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Ellis, Harold ... In 1836, Mary married a merchant, Edwin Seacole, who died just a few years later, in 1844. Mary, now widowed, continued to manage Blundell Hall and nursed many patients there during the cholera epidemic of 1850. The following year she visited her brother in Panama, there only to encounter ...
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in orthopaedic and perioperative practice.(OPEN LEARNING ZONE)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Khan, Wasim ... One of the most significant morbidities experienced by patients is the symptom of pain. This is relevant in acute and chronic injuries and disease, and also in the perioperative setting. Pain causes great suffering and disability, not only physical but also emotional and psychosocial. Pain ...
Postoperative fluid and electrolyte balance: alarming audit results.(RESEARCH & AUDIT)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Johnson, Rebecca ... Introduction Guidelines released from the British Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition on behalf of the Intensive Care Society in 2006 (Powell-Tuck et al 2006) highlighted the problems associated with intravenous fluid and electrolyte replacement in postoperative surgical ...
Teamwork: how does this relate to the operating room practitioner?(EDUCATION)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Corbett, Sue ... The operating room practitioner--teamwork essential We work in times of ever changing expectations to meet the needs of the patients, delivering high quality care for all: 'We will empower frontline staff to lead change that improves quality of care for patients' (Darzi 2008 ...
Thyroid eye disease.(CLINICAL FEATURE)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Modi, Neil C. ... KEYWORDS Thyroid / Eye, Surgery / Decompression / Strabismus / Orbitopathy / TED Introduction Thyroid eye disease (TED), also known as Graves opthalmopathy is the most common orbital disease and affects 25-50% of patients with Graves' disease (Kuryan et al 2008). ...
Traction splint: to use or not to use.(CLINICAL FEATURE)(Case study)
Sep 01, 2009; Agrawal, Yuvraj ... Introduction The Thomas splint is surely the best known appliance in orthopaedic and trauma surgery (Ellis 2007). Despite the advancement in operative technique, patients are often required to be temporarily treated in an immobilisation splint to be stabilized medically or for ...
