Hepatic Uptake of Cortisol During Surgical Operations

Report of Surgical Operations during the Second Quarter of 1882

Instrumental action: the timely exchange of implements during surgical operations

In this paper we analyse an apparently simple collaborative activity, that of passing an implement from one person to another. The particular case we consider is surgical operations where nurses and surgeons routinely pass instruments to one another. Through fine-grained analysis of specific instances we address,the preparatory work engaged in prior to passing, the ways in which the layout of a...

Uptake of radiosulfur during the healing of surgical wounds.

FACT THAT sulfur metabolism is altered markedly during the egeneration of wound tissue (1-7) has led us to investigate aspects f this phenomenon which might serve as the basis of a possible echnic for measuring the rate of healing in humans. It has been hown that the sulfur amino acids, methionine and cystine, are acumulated in regenerating wound tissue (6). The rate of deposition, s well as th...

Hepatic Uptake of Bile

Received for publication 12 March 1982 and in revised form 9 June 1982. Dr. Angelin is the recipient of a research fellowship from the Ernst Klenk Foundation. well as total bile acids were well correlated with those in portal venous serum. The results (a) give a quantitation of postprandial bile acid inflow to the liver and (b) indicate that the hepatic uptake system for bile acids in healthy m...

Surgical Suites’ Operations Management

S suites are a key driver of a hospital’s costs, revenues, and utilization of postoperative resources such as beds. This article describes some commonly occurring operations management problems faced by the managers of surgical suites. For three of these problems, the article also provides preliminary models and possible solution approaches. Its goal is to identify open challenges to spur furth...