What to expect before, during and after surgery

1. Pre-op Guide Robert A. Catania, MD
2. Incentive spirometry breathing exercises Ohio State University
3. Dangers of bed rest Ohio State University
4. Tubes and monitors
1. IV intravenous
2. Pain control Ohio State University
1. PCA patient controlled analgesia Ohio State University
2. Epidural pain control for abdominal incisions Ohio State University
3. Nasogastric nose to stomach tube to drain stomach Ohio State University
4. Tube feedings and stomach and intestinal feeding tubes
5. Gastrostomy drainage jejunal feeding tubes
6. Heart monitor Ohio State University
7. Foley (bladder) catheter care ICU-USA
8. Drain tube care ICU-USA
9. Chest tube Ohio State University
10. Tracheostomy
1. American Head and Neck Society Tracheostomy
2. Aaron's tracheostomy maintained by Aaron's mother

Return to Top
 


Common Complications of Major Surgery



1. Fever after surgery General Practitioner Notebook
2. Iron deficiency anemia or low blood count caused by blood loss and poor iron intake United Kingdom net doctor, to correct eat iron rich foods Ohio State University
3. Gas pains Ohio State University
4. Poor nutrition due to difficulty eating because of illness and stomach emptying problems which are common after major abdominal surgery
5. Low blood magnesium Ohio State University
6. Infections
1. Yeast Infections
1. Yeast infection skin United Kingdom net doctor
2. Thrush or yeast mouth infection United Kingdom net doctor
2. Pneumonia


3. Pneumonia comprehensive, Well-Connected Harvard University
4. Urine infections
1. Urine infections comprehensive, Well-Connected Harvard University


2. Bladder infection InteliHealth Harvard Medical School
3. Urinary tract infection US National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
4. Urine infection United Kingdom net doctor
5. Bladder infection United Kingdom net doctor
5. Clostridium difficile diarrhea
1. Clostridium difficile diarrhea Association Medical Microbiologists
2. Clostridium difficile diarrhea common after antibiotic use
US Centers for Disease Control

Return to Top
 


Complications of particular operations

1. Dumping syndrome, a common complication of surgical removal of the lower stomach
1. Dumping syndrome, Indiana University


2. Dumping syndrome diet University Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
3. Dumping syndrome diet Ohio State University
2. Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency, common after stomach removal surgery and surgical removal of lower small bowel (lower small intestine)

Life threatening complications of surgery

1. ICU USA explains what to expect in the Intensive Care Unit

 


2. Endotracheal windpipe tube and Ventilator breathing machine Ohio State University
3. Pulmonary embolus or blood clot from legs thrown to lungs United Kingdom net doctor
4. Infections with drug resistant bacteria:
1. Methicillin resistant Staph aureus United Kingdom net doctor
2. Vancomycin resistant enterococcus Association of Medical Microbiologists

Lab Tests and Medical Imagining Tests: What Do They Mean?

1. Blood Tests Explained US government MedLinePlus
2. NOAH diagnostic test links, New York Online Access to Health
3. MDAdvice medical tests
4. Blood counts
1. Hemoglobin MDAdvice
2. White blood cell count MDAdvice
3. Platelet count MDAdvice
5. Kidney blood tests and electrolytes
1. Creatinine
2. Potassium
3. Sodium
6. Liver blood tests Ohio State University
1. Bilirubin
2. Alkaline Phosphatase
3. Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT)
7. Urinalysis
1. Urinalysis MDAdvice
2. Urinalysis abnormal results explained MDAdvice
8. Bleeding tests MDAdvice
1. Prothrombin Time (ProTime; PT) increased by Coumadin (warfarin) blood thinner, abnormal in liver disease (alcoholism, chronic hepatitis, chronic bile passage blockage)
2. PTT
3. Bleeding time
9. Blood Donation and Blood Transfusion
1. What's Your Type? Franklin Institute Online Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
2. Blood Types HowStuffWorks.com
3. Blood groups basics UK National Blood Service
4. Blood types tutorial How are blood types inherited? The Biology Project University of Arizona USA
5. What are Blood Types? University of Utah Genetic Sciences Learning Center
6. Genes and Blood Types University of Utah Genetic Sciences Learning Center
10. Chest X-ray abnormal results MDAdvice
11. Arterial blood gases blood oxygen, carbon dioxide and pH (acid versus base) MDAdvice
12. Blood tests which are abnormal in critical illnesses and malnutrition which is common in critical illness and after major surgery:
1. Magnesium (Mg+)
2. Phosphates
3. Transferrin (Siderophilin)
13. Amylase
14. Thyroid tests
1. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (Thyrotropin)
2. Blood-Free Thyroxine (FT4) & Blood-Free Tri-Iodothyronine (FT3)
3. Thyroxine (T4)
4. Tri-Iodothyronine (T3)

Vaccination Not Just for Kids

1. Vaccine Information Statements Immunization Action Coalition: Anthrax, Chickenpox, Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, Hib, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, mumps, and rubella, Meningococcal Pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPV23), Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7), Polio: IPV, OPV Supplement, Smallpox, Td (tetanus, diphtheria), Yellow fever in English, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, French, German, Haitian, Hmong, Ilokano, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
2. Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccine University of Utah
3. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis B vaccine University of Utah

Return to Top
 

Home | Surgeons' Links | Nurses' Links | Breast Problems | My Resumé