scholarly journals Open heart surgery patients’ education. a source of anxiety?

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Kadda

In recent years the interest of health care professionals has focused on the process of patient pre and post operative education and in what way the psychological status is affected. They particularly emphasized the need to design effective and individualized trainings programs which concern preoperative and postoperative information, cardiac rehabilitation after open heart surgery so as to enhance patient’s comfort and anxiety reduction.The main idea of the programme is to change patient’s behaviour regarding modifiable risk factors and improve their quality of life. Moreover, the aim of the individual educational programme is to understand the surgical procedure, complications may occur, maintaining treatment compliance at a high level, the improvement of psychological status and quality of life not only for the patient but for its family too.Cardiac surgery is a very difficult process that causes a lot of stress and one of the most important nurse’s roles is to provide information and patient support throughout their recovery period.

2014 ◽  
Vol 164 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-258.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene Werner ◽  
Beatrice Latal ◽  
Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel ◽  
Ingrid Beck ◽  
Markus A. Landolt

CHEST Journal ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 919-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kumar ◽  
Kenton J. Zehr ◽  
Andrew Chang ◽  
Duke E. Cameron ◽  
William A. Baumgartner

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 432-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Martin ◽  
Linda S. Halpin ◽  
Scott D. Barnett ◽  
Alan M. Speir ◽  
Sharon L. Hunt ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Younes ◽  
Reham Amer ◽  
Hosam Fawzy ◽  
Gamal Shama

Abstract Background Emotional and behavioral problems have been noted in a considerable number of patients after open-heart surgery. However, great discrepancy exists in the literature regarding the frequency and the course of psychiatric symptoms, cognitive performance, and quality of life among those patients. This prospective study was designed to assess the pre- and postoperative psychiatric profile, as well as the quality of life of patients undergoing open-heart surgery. Methods One hundred patients who were prepared for cardiac surgery and met our selection criteria were recruited in this study. Each patient was subjected to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Mini-Mental State Examination with selective subtests of Wechsler Adult intelligence scale, and the Short Form 36 questionnaire to assess psychiatric symptoms, cognitive performance, and quality of life respectively. Assessment was done for each of the evaluated items before surgery as well as at 1 week and 6 months postoperatively. Results The anxiety and depressive symptoms were significantly lower at 6 months postoperatively than preoperatively. The cognitive performance declined after 1 week, then improved significantly at the 6-month follow-up. The quality of life scale was significantly lower preoperatively than after surgery. Conclusions Anxiety and depressive symptoms, which occurred in substantial percentage of patients undergoing open-heart surgery, were gradually improved with time. Cognitive functions showed early deterioration with significant improvement at 6 months. Psychiatric problems had an adverse impact on patients’ quality of life which raised the importance of psychiatric consultation before and after cardiac surgeries to shorten recovery time.


2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Vytautas Antanas Pronckus ◽  
Dobilas Barysas

Vytautas Antanas Pronckus, Dobilas BarysasVilniaus universiteto ligoninės Santariškių klinikų Širdies chirurgijos centras,Santariškių g. 2, LT-08661, VilniusEl paštas: [email protected] Įvadas / tikslas Gydant infekuotas žaizdas po širdies operacijų vis didesnę reikšmę įgauna gydymo trukmė, ligonio gyvensenos kokybė ir pasiekiamas kosmetinis efektas. Apsukinės siūlės naudojimas gali pagerinti ligonių savijautą, sumažinti gydomųjų procedūrų skaičių, pagreitinti žaizdos gijimą. Metodai Infekuotos žaizdos išplaunamos, jų kraštai atnaujinami, pašalinamos detritinės masės. Esant indikacijų, drenai paliekami priekiniame mediastinume ir (arba) virš krūtinkaulio. Minkštieji audiniai (fascijos, raumenys, poodis) susiuvami monofilamento apsukine monofilamento siūle 5–6 cm segmentais. Oda susiuvama intrakutanine monofilamento 4–5 cm ilgio segmentais. Tvarsčiai keičiami du kartus per dieną. Gydymas paprastai trunka 14 dienų. Rezultatai Šiuo būdu gydomos infekuotos žaizdos gijo greičiau, pakartotinai žaizdų revizuoti nereikėjo, gydomi ligoniai jautėsi geriau ir buvo pasiektas santykiškai geras kosmetinis efektas. Išvados Manome, kad toks infekuotos žaizdos po širdies operacijų gydymo būdas yra tinkamas ir klinikinėje praktikoje taikytinas dažniau. Pagrindiniai žodžiai: infekcija, gydymas Longitudinal running suture in treatment of infected wounds after heart surgery Vytautas Antanas Pronckus, Dobilas BarysasVilnius University Hospital „Santariškių klinikos“, Cardiac Surgery Centre,Santariškių str. 2, LT-08661, VilniusE-mail: [email protected] Background / objective The duration of treatment’s, patient’s quality of life and the cosmetic result of the treatment currently become increasingly important in the treatment of infected wounds after open heart surgery. Application of running suture may improve the quality of life, decrease the number of therapeutic procedures and facilitate recovery in these patients. Methods After washing and debridement of the wound, the sides of the wound are renewed. If necessary, the drains are left in anterior mediastinal space and / or above the sternum. Soft tissues (i. e. fascia, muscles and subcutaneous tissue) are sutured using running monofilament suture in 5–6 cm long segments. The skin is closed by means of intracutaneous monofilament suture (segments of 4–5 cm). The dressings are changed twice a day. The treatment usually lasts 14 days. Results While using this method, the wound healing was faster, the patients required no additional wound revisions, the quality of patient’s life was better and the treatment resulted in relatively improved cosmetic results. Conclusions We conclude that this method is appropriate for treatment of infected wounds after open heart surgery and might be applied more frequently. Key words: infection, treatment


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 405-409
Author(s):  
Rani S ◽  
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RamSankar P ◽  
Kavitha N ◽  
Subhashini S ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Graham

Aggressive medical and surgical interventions have not been clearly demonstrated to improve survival in neonates with trisomy 18; there are no data that demonstrates improved quality of life for these children after these interventions; and these interventions are clearly associated with significant morbidity, resource allocation, and cost.


2011 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus A. Landolt ◽  
Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel ◽  
Beatrice Latal

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