scores improved from 48.9+/-4.0 to 31.1+/-2.6 at two year follow-up‚ p=0.001. Comparison of group 1 and 2 revealed no statistical significance between postoperative VAS scores for back pain and ODI scores‚ p=0.733‚ 0.093 respectively. Analysis of Group 1 and Group 2 surgical times revealed no statistically significance 138+/-11 minutes and 136+/-10 minutes‚ respectively p=0.640. There was however significance between groups EBL‚ Group 1 resulting with 152+/-28 mL lost and Group 2 with 92+/-11 mL
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July 1‚ 2002‚ data for several core measure improvement projects were set including the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP). For specific procedures‚ surgical site infections will be included in the CMS’s denial of payment for hospital-acquired complications. (Banschbach‚ CNOR Professional Accountability in Perioperative Nursing‚ 2009) “In the battle to improve patient safety‚ surgical site infection is a major focus of the various quality assurance associations as well as the Centers
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of the surgical team consist of the surgeon‚ the surgeon’s assistant‚ a scrub nurse‚ a cardiac anesthesiologist‚ and a perfusionist technician. Each of these individuals brings their own area of expertise to the team. The conventional heart surgery relies on each member performing his or her task‚ as it relates to the area of their own expertise. The new procedure introduces a dynamic that requires the team members to be more interdependent and collaborative within the group. The surgical teams
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Raeanna Engels 022004 Siwa‚ Med 140 2/4/2013 Surgical Technician Outline: How one becomes a surgical technician: * Join the military and training to become a surgical tech through the institution that invented the occupation * Finding a hospital that runs an on-the-job surgical tech training program (usually for existing staff) and trying to get hired in an entry-level position so that you can apply * Completing a post-secondary surgical technology program (understanding that it should
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affected by ear infection. However‚ this ear problem can also affect children. The cause of the adult ear infection is when the Eustachian tube is infected. The inner ear and the nasal passages are connected by the Eustachian tube that allows the fluid to drain from the ears. Likewise‚ the pressure inside and outside of the body is equalize when the fluid is drained. Infection is greatly possible when mucous starts to accumulate in the Eustachian tube. There are several factors that can cause the ear infection
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Surgical Instruments Surgery has been performed since ancient times. The earliest recorded surgical operations were circumcision and trepanation. (Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of the penis. Trepanation involves making a hole in the skull to relieve pressure and/or release spirits.) The earliest instruments used in these procedures were flint or obsidian (shiny stone) knives and saws. Stone Age skulls from around the world have been found with holes in them from trepanning. Primitive
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Unit ICO2 Causes and spread of infection Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand the causes of infection The learner can: 1. Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites? Bacteria : Bacteria are one cell structures that multiply rapidly and can become a colony of 2 million within 2 hours. Viruses : Visible can only be seen with an electron microscope they can float in the air‚ sit on a door handle or remain non-living. They become active when they are allowed
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Chain of Infection As described above‚ the traditional epidemiologic triad model holds that infectious diseases result from the interaction of agent‚ host‚ and environment. More specifically‚ transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit‚ is conveyed by some mode of transmission‚ and enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host. This sequence is sometimes called the chain of infection. Figure 1.19 Chain of Infection Image
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Patrick McGimpsey Psychology 101 Ryan Robb 07/27/12 Surgical Addiction Surgical addiction or body dysmorphic disorder is defined as “a problem in which a person has repeated unnecessary cosmetic surgery procedures.” (Gwinnell‚ Adamec pg. 75) Sufferers feel compelled to have multiple cosmetic surgeries to fix real or imagined physical imperfections. After one procedure is performed patients will find and obsess over another defect and get another surgery. This becomes a regular routine
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Smallpox is a lethal infection cause by the variola virus in which pus filled bumps called pox‚ spread across the body of a person who has a disease. The virus is only susceptible to humans‚ insects and other animals could not transmit or sustain the virus within themselves. Coming into contact with a person carrying the disease‚ usually face to face interaction‚ was the only way to obtain it. Since there is still no known cure for smallpox‚ scientists use the last two remaining samples on earth
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