دورية أكاديمية
PREOPERATIVE TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB FRACTURES; ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME OF SURGERY, POSTOPERATIVE AMBULATION AND HOSPITAL STAY
| العنوان: | PREOPERATIVE TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB FRACTURES; ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME OF SURGERY, POSTOPERATIVE AMBULATION AND HOSPITAL STAY |
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| المؤلفون: | Anas Bin Saif, Sohail Hafeez,, Nadeem Chaudhary, Usama Bin Zubair |
| المصدر: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 68, Iss 2, Pp 236-240 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | Army Medical College Rawalpindi, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Medicine (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | american college of cardiology/ american heart association guidelines, delay in surgery, echocardiography, fracture fixation, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| الوصف: | Objective: To determine the effect of two dimensional echocardiography on time of surgery, post-operative ambulation and hospital stay among patients with lower limb fractures. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Sep 2015 to Dec 2015. Patients and Methods: A total of 123 patients were included in study based on non-probability convenient sampling who presented with lower limb fractures. The patients were divided into two groups, group A included those who underwent only electrocardiogram (ECG) for assessment and group B included those patients who were further assessed by echocardiography. Results: There was significant delay in group B patients from time of admission to surgery (p=0.0001) as well as post-operative ambulation (p=0.0001) and mean hospital stay was also longer (p=0.0005). However the postoperative complications were similar in two groups. Conclusion: Pre-operative cardiac evaluation by echocardiography is associated with delay in surgery and increases overall hospital stay. The implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines may prevent unnecessary cardiac consultations which can minimize use of preoperative resources, delay in time of surgery and early post-operative recovery. Keywords: American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association guidelines, Delay in surgery, Echocardiography, Fracture fixation, Lower limb fractures. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0030-9648 2411-8842 |
| العلاقة: | https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/292/210Test; https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Test |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/d9c751a9a66148ad9f6722e538c516ceTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.9c751a9a66148ad9f6722e538c516ce |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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