A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery.
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DOI: 10.1111/scs.12907
Abstract: RATIONALE Knowledge of how elderly patients undergoing major emergency abdominal surgery and their close family members experience the course of illness is limited. Little is known about how such surgery and hospitalisation affect elderly patients'… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; major emergency; family members; family ... See more keywords
Respiratory function following major emergency abdominal surgery
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DOI: 10.1177/1750458919888818
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the timewise postoperative respiratory function measured by spirometry and peak flow during the first postoperative week after major emergency abdominal surgery. Patients were tested daily with forced… read more here.
Keywords: major emergency; abdominal surgery; emergency abdominal; function ... See more keywords