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Showing 31 to 45 of 75 results for perioperative

  1. Consensus based national antimicrobial stewardship competencies for UK undergraduate healthcare professional education

    of the rationale and use of perioperative prophylactic antimicrobials to prevent surgical site infection' in the...

  2. Coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (IPG105)

    Evidence-based recommendations on coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This involves placing coils inside the aneurysm using a thin tube to make the blood clot so it is less likely to burst.

  3. Percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair for mitral regurgitation (IPG649)

    Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair for mitral regurgitation in adults. This involves attaching a clip to the leaflets of the mitral valve.

  4. Liposuction for chronic lymphoedema (IPG723)

    Evidence-based recommendations on liposuction for chronic lymphoedema in adults. This involves using suction to remove fluid and fat through punctures in the skin.

  5. NICE concluded that the cost consequences of using HumiGard in abdominal surgery are very uncertain, and that further research is needed on resource use.

    details Comes from guidance HumiGard for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia Number MTG31 Date issued February 2017

  6. Cytoreduction surgery with hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis (IPG688)

    Evidence-based recommendations on cytoreduction surgery with hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis. This involves surgically removing visible cancer and bathing the abdominal cavity with heated chemotherapy fluid to reach any remaining cancer cells.

  7. For people with iron-deficiency anaemia, how long before surgery should oral iron supplementation be started, and what is the clinical and cost effectiveness of daily oral iron compared with oral iron given on alternate days?

    physiological resilience, which is associated with increased complications and perioperative mortality. Because of this, they agreed...

  8. What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of preoperative optimisation clinics for older people?

    physiological resilience, which is associated with increased complications and perioperative mortality. Because of this, they agreed...

  9. Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital (CG174)

    This guideline covers the general principles for managing intravenous (IV) fluid therapy in hospital inpatients aged 16 and over with a range of conditions. It aims to help prescribers understand the optimal amount and composition of IV fluids to be administered and the best rate at which to give them, to improve fluid prescribing and outcomes among people in hospital. It does not cover pregnant women, and those with severe liver or renal disease, diabetes or burns.

  10. Living-donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease (IPG170)

    Evidence-based recommendations on living-donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease. This involves removing a lung from each of the two donors and replacing the recipient's lungs with the donor lungs.

  11. Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy for internal rectal prolapse (IPG618)

    Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy for internal rectal prolapse in adults. This involves using a piece of sterile material (mesh) to attach the rectum to the lower back bone using keyhole surgery.

  12. Glycated haemoglobin testing:- Does optimisation of HbA1c in people with poorly controlled diabetes improve surgical outcomes?

    fail to identify high-risk patients before surgery and do not provide perioperative interventions to control HbA1c levels. However, the...

  13. What is the optimal timing of administration of carbohydrate drinks as part of a preoperative fasting strategy?

    to current practice was unclear because of subsequent improvements in perioperative care such as better preoperative risk assessment and...

  14. What is the most clinically and cost-effective timing and dose of a single administration of gabapentin to relieve pain in people undergoing surgery whose pain is expected to be moderate to severe?

    their use across services. Because these recommendations are for the perioperative period only, an opiate withdrawal plan is not...

  15. Glucose concentration:- What is the most appropriate glucose concentration in IV fluids for children and young people of different ages?

    children and young people, in particular, neonates and some children in the perioperative period (for example, those who underwent...