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  2. Perioperative - Wikipedia

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    The perioperative period is the period of a patient's surgical procedure. [1] It commonly includes ward admission, anesthesia, surgery, and recovery.Perioperative may refer to the three phases of surgery: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative, though it is a term most often used for the first and third of these only - a term which is often specifically utilized to imply 'around' the ...

  3. Surgical nursing - Wikipedia

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    In surgery there are three main phases: preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative. These phases collectively are known as the perioperative period. Each phase is related to specific activities carried out and skills needed for different stages of nursing. [1]

  4. Perioperative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Perioperative medicine is the medical care of patients from the time of contemplation of surgery through the operative period to full recovery. Perioperative care may be provided by an anesthesiologist , intensivist , internal medicine generalist or hospitalist working with surgical colleagues.

  5. Perioperative nursing - Wikipedia

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    Perioperative nursing is a nursing specialty that works with patients who are having operative or other invasive procedures. Perioperative nurses work closely with surgeons , anaesthesiologists , nurse anaesthetists , surgical technologists , and nurse practitioners .

  6. Nursing process - Wikipedia

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    The nursing process is a modified scientific method which is a fundamental part of nursing practices in many countries around the world. [1] [2] [3] Nursing practise was first described as a four-stage nursing process by Ida Jean Orlando in 1958. [4] It should not be confused with nursing theories or health informatics. The diagnosis phase was ...

  7. General anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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    Despite newer anaesthetic agents and delivery techniques, which have led to more rapid onset of—and recovery from—anaesthesia (in some cases bypassing some of the stages entirely), the principles remain. Stage 1 Stage 1, also known as induction, is the period between the administration of induction agents and loss of consciousness. During ...

  8. Wound healing - Wikipedia

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    About two or three days after the wound occurs, fibroblasts begin to enter the wound site, marking the onset of the proliferative phase even before the inflammatory phase has ended. [35] As in the other phases of wound healing, steps in the proliferative phase do not occur in a series but rather partially overlap in time.

  9. Bipedal gait cycle - Wikipedia

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    Swing Phase: Swing phase is that part of the gait cycle during which the reference foot is not in contact with the ground and swings in the air. It constitutes about 40% of gait cycle. [5] [6] [3] It can be separated by three events into three phases: [1] [2] Toe-off: The toes of reference foot rise above the ground.