Essays on Neurosurgical

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Research in Nursing Practice Patient safety is one of the most important medical concerns in a surgical procedure. Surgical errors such as wrong side or site, wrong procedure, and/or wrong person, though occur rarely, are considered as highly devastating events. In the U.S., about 28% of procedure related adverse events were reported in three different hospitals in 2011. According to the National Patient Safety Agency, 129,419 cases of surgical errors occurred in England and Wales in 2007 (McDowell & McComb, 2014). Surgical errors resulted in different degrees of impairment or harm. Most frequently occurring problems associated with the surgical ...

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Research in Nursing Practice Abstract Patient safety is important not only for patient but also for medical community, and this safety includes the reduction of medical and surgical errors. In the last few years, researchers have started showing great interest in the use of checklists before performing a surgery to reduce surgical errors. Usually, those checklists include the time out process, i.e. a kind of break or pause, before starting any surgical procedure. Those checklists may also include the information of patient, information of site or side, and information of procedure. Before starting any operation, operating staff communicate with ...

1. Company Background and Business Overview Depuy has a rich and long history of innovation. In 1895, a 35-year-old chemist named Revra DePuy started a business to manufacture fiber splints customizable to fit patients. He started his operation in Warsaw, Indiana (DePuySynthes, 2016). Depuy is the first orthopedic manufacturing company in the world. Because of the success of DePuy, Warsaw has become the orthopedic capital of the world. DePuy was the first company to introduce mobile bearing knee system (LCS Knee System). DePuy was also the first company to introduce Porocoat, a biological fixation to bone without the use ...

“Shaving versus Clipping: Which preoperative hair removal method reduces the risk of surgical site infection?"

“Shaving versus Clipping: Which preoperative hair removal method reduces the risk of surgical site infection?" Hwang, S., Kim, S., Park, K., Im, S., Shin, W., & Kim, B. (2012). Outpatient-based scalp surgery without shaving and allowing use of shampoo. World Neurosurgery, 77(2), 391-393. 1. A study in the outpatient setting which aims to establish the benefits of “shaveless” surgery. It challenges previously held beliefs about the advantages of shaving. 2. Retrospective observational study on the outcomes of minor scalp surgery without the conventional shaving of hair. The procedures were performed on 93 patients by only one ...

PART 1: Pathophysiology template

Disease: Ischaemic Stroke Definition: An ischaemic stroke of the left dominant cerebral hemisphere is a stroke that occurs when the blood supply to the left side of the brain is obstructed. The blood supply contains nutrients and oxygen for the brain cells. For majority of the people, the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for the control of the right side of and hence its failure affects the right side (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010). It is also responsible for the control of speech and language (Hickey, 2009).

Aetiology:

Ischaemic Stroke of the left hemisphere is ...