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Obesity and surgical approaches to its treatment in the UK

01 June 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Overweight and obesity are now known to increase the risk of developing several cancers including breast, colon, oesophageal, endometrial (Bianchini 2002). Once...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

04 October 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is often a catastrophic event, while elective traditional repair involves major surgery. This article explains AAA...

Post-operative wound infections

16 July 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & science

Aims To examine the factors influencing post-operative wound infections, such as the patient’s age, sex, type and duration of surgical procedure, length of hospital...

Pre-operative fasting

22 May 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To investigate the nursing practice of fasting patients before surgery. Method A descriptive research design was used. The instrument used was a structured...

Carotid endarterectomy

03 October 2001

Nursing Standard

CPD

Cerebrovascular accident or stroke is a common cause of death and disability. Carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure performed to prevent ischaemic stroke....

Post-operative complications following subareolar duct clearance

01 June 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Total duct excision is a common therapeutic procedure for abnormal nipple discharge. However, little information is available in the literature on complication...

Feeding patients after abdominal surgery

14 August 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nutrition in hospital has been the focus of negative attention in recent years. Apart from the issues surrounding older people and nutrition (Odlund-Olin et al...

Crossing boundaries: developing the surgical practitioner role

01 November 2009

Paediatric Nursing

Feature

The number of advanced nurse practitioners in the UK is growing, but few have matched the achievements of Irene Molloy, Erica Thomas and Clare Grevin in becoming...

04 March 2024 / Vol 23 issue 2

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