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Perioperative care

Care of the surgical patient—part 2: oral anticoagulants

Anticoagulant therapy and its role in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders (people with atrial fibrillation and mechanical prosthetic heart valves) is well recognised (National Institute for...

Care of the surgical patient: part 1

The safe surgery process continues within the operating theatre and begins with the perioperative team (ie surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, operating department practitioners (ODPs) and healthcare...

A simple method to secure data-driven improvement of perioperative care

In 1999, Henrik Kehlet initiated the establishment of the ‘Surgical Project’, a national unit for monitoring surgical outcome in collaboration with the National Board of Health. The purpose was to...

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