Any surgery is not just deciding on surgery and its technicalities but equally if not more important is adequate and detailed planning and executing pre and post op care .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pre op optimisation of patient is very important in terms of: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.fluid electrolyte balance<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.Nutritional correction and build of of immunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.Physical activity including exercise to build muscle mass ( where permitted) and boosting organ functions by breathing exercises spirometry chest physiotherapy etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.Using medicines to reduce chances of infection as prophylactic antibiotics or treating existing source of infection .<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.Selective decontamination of gut where indicated or clearing bowels<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6.Correction of Blood values eg anemia , clotting issues , protein levels etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7.Adequate and detailed planning of surgery steps and prepare for contingencies and emergencies on table including keeping instruments , manpower,\u00a0 blood products , emergency meds etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8.Mentally re running the entire surgical procedure and pre and post op checklists POST op care must include the following: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.Patient orientation and look<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.Vitals and stability<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.Organ Functions eg Saturation , urine output,\u00a0 tongue hydration , Cardiac functions, bowel movements,\u00a0 3rd space losses ie unnatural swellings of body parts , pressure measurements eg CVP , BP , Abdominal,\u00a0 Venous pressures , MAP etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.Blood and radiological tests , timing,\u00a0 indication,\u00a0 interpretation and most Importantly treatment course corrections<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.Tubes surveillance eg NG tube , ET tube , Drains , Catheter , Arterial Lines , Venous Lines , Epidural Lines etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6.Prophyalxis measures eg DVT prophylaxis,\u00a0 Clotting and bleeding issues , Antibiotic without unnecessary abuse , Lung care , back care , skin care , repositioning,\u00a0 Ambulation,\u00a0 Movements etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7.Progress notes and course Correction on hourly to daily basis.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Any surgery is not just deciding on surgery and its technicalities but equally if not more important is adequate and detailed planning and executing pre and post op care . Pre op optimisation of...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Pre- and Post-Surgery Care Guidelines for Better Healing","_seopress_titles_desc":"Detailed pre-operative and post-operative care guidelines including diet, activity, wound care, and warning signs to watch after surgery.","_seopress_robots_index":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[47,44,45,43,46,48],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-education","tag-cardiac-functions","tag-correction-of-blood-values","tag-nutritional-correction","tag-post-operative-care","tag-tongue-hydration","tag-venous-pressures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-12.02.41.jpeg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestgicancersurgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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