Changes in the Concentrations of Plasma Selenium and Selenoproteins after Minor Elective Surgery: Further Evidence for a Negative Acute Phase Response? Colin Nichol, Jacqueline Herdman, Naveed Sattar, Patrick J. O’Dwyer, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, David Littlejohn, and Gordon Fell ( Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G11XR, UK; 2 Department of Pathological ...

Materials and methods This study aimed to assess utilisation trend of CSMBS patients for certain elective surgeries in both public and private hospitals prior to and after policy implementation, and its impacts on service utilisation of the universal coverage scheme (UCS) members, efficiency of service provision, and burden of expenditure on patients and the scheme. Claim administrative databas...

Routine ordering of pre-operative investigations yields a low true positive rate and is not cost effective. In this study, case notes of 251 adults who underwent elective surgery were reviewed. Pre-operative investigations were classified as 'indicated' or 'not indicated', based on the national guidelines. Only 56% of all tests done were indicated. The overall rates of expected and unexpected a...

BACKGROUND Oral or enteral dietary supplementation with arginine, omega 3 fatty acids and nucleotides (known as immunonutrition) significantly improve outcomes in patients undergoing elective surgery. The objective of the study was to determine the impact on hospital costs of immunonutrition formulas used in patients undergoing elective surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. METHODS US hospital...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to compare mode of delivery for both nulliparous and multiparous women at term that underwent elective induction of labor to those who arrived in spontaneous labor. METHODS Medical records of 807 deliveries were reviewed. There were 566 labor patients and 241 elective induction patients. RESULTS Women who underwent elective induction of labor were mor...

OBJECTIVE To determine how obligatory single embryo transfer (SET) and elective SET influence pregnancy outcome. STUDY DESIGN We compared women who underwent obligatory and elective SET using data from a comprehensive, population-based register from the United Kingdom Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which contained all in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments administered between...

background and purpose: preoperative fast is the essential part of preoperative care for those patients who are candidates for elective surgery. fast prolongation results in side effects such as: sweating, irritability, decrease in blood sugar and restlessness. despite the noticeable changes in fasting guidelines and their application in many countries, it seems that in iran, these rules are no...

Background and Purpose: Preoperative fast is the essential part of preoperative care for those patients who are candidates for elective surgery. Fast prolongation results in side effects such as: sweating, irritability, decrease in blood sugar and restlessness. Despite the noticeable changes in fasting guidelines and their application in many countries, it seems that in Iran, these rules are no...