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  2. Preoperative fasting - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative fasting. Preoperative fasting is the practice of a surgical patient abstaining from eating or drinking ("nothing by mouth") for some time before having an operation. This is intended to prevent stomach contents from getting into the windpipe and lungs (known as a pulmonary aspiration) while the patient is under general anesthesia. [1]

  3. Nothing by mouth - Wikipedia

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    Nothing by mouth. Nothing by mouth is an American medical instruction meaning to withhold food and fluids. It is also known as nil per os ( npo or NPO ), a Latin phrase that translates to English as "nothing through the mouth". Nil by mouth is the term used in the UK ( NBM ), nihil / non / nulla per os, or complete bowel rest. [1]

  4. Aspiration pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Clindamycin, meropenem, ampicillin/sulbactam, moxifloxacin [1] Frequency. ~10% of pneumonia cases requiring hospitalization [1] Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. [1] Signs and symptoms often include fever and cough of relatively ...

  5. Hold the Ozempic before surgery, US doctors say

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    That complication is why patients need to fast before surgery. "It's a major concern for us," he said. The guidance involved a relatively new class of drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1 ...

  6. Preoperative care - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative care. Preoperative care refers to health care provided before a surgical operation. Preoperative care aims to do whatever is right to increase the success of the surgery. At some point before the operation, the healthcare provider will assess the fitness of the person to have surgery. This assessment should include whatever tests ...

  7. Immunotherapy before and after surgery may improve lung ... - AOL

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    A recent study found that providing immunotherapy pre- and postsurgery helps improve survival rates compared to only receiving chemotherapy before surgery. Lung cancer is the leading cause of ...

  8. Postoperative nausea and vomiting - Wikipedia

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    Anesthesia. Postoperative nausea and vomiting ( PONV) is the phenomenon of nausea, vomiting, or retching experienced by a patient in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) or within 24 hours following a surgical procedure. PONV affects about 10% of the population undergoing general anaesthesia each year. PONV can be unpleasant and lead to a delay ...

  9. Non-invasive procedure - Wikipedia

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    Non-invasive procedure. A medical procedure is defined as non-invasive when no break in the skin is created and there is no contact with the mucosa, or skin break, or internal body cavity beyond a natural or artificial body orifice. For example, deep palpation and percussion are non-invasive but a rectal examination is invasive.