What does POD stand for?

Postoperative Day

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Previous intubations for cardiac intervention had been performed on this patient without difficulty, but a cardiac procedure 9 months earlier had been complicated by self-extubation on postoperative day 2; thereafter, the patient required 3 additional days of intubation.

Posterior glottic web in a 6-year-old boy

Chest radiograph report of collapse/consolidation * Raised maximum oral temperature > 38[degrees]C on more than one consecutive postoperative day * Pulse oximetry oxygen saturation (Sp[O.

Duration of anaesthesia, type of surgery, respiratory co-morbidity, ...

Two new proposed quality measures relate to the Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and postoperative urinary catheter removal on postoperative Day 1 or 2 and perioperative temperature management.

CMS proposes few coding, reporting changes in IPPS

Age-and sex-specific death rates were substantially higher than those for the general Pennsylvania population, even after procedure-related deaths during the first 30 postoperative days were excluded from the analysis.

Excess suicide and CHD deaths associated with bariatric surgery

Epidural catheters were removed on the day of surgery in 6 patients, on postoperative day (POD) 1 in 18 patients, on POD 2 in 6 patients, and on POD 3 in 1 patient; 3 patients did not have epidural catheters placed (2 spinal catheters [removed day of surgery] and 1 conversion to general anesthesia, as noted above).

Clinical outcomes after lower extremity revascularization: a ...

After adequate drainage and antibiotic administration (ampicillin-sulbactam), the cervical wound was closed on the 18th postoperative day after oral testing with diluted methylene blue water.

Successful treatment for a delay-diagnosed esophageal perforation ...

In this small study (34 patients, 17 in each group), patients were randomly assigned to chew gum or not chew gum starting on their first postoperative day after open sigmoid colon resection.

Gum chewing reduces ileus after elective open sigmoid surgery

The patient had an uneventful recovery and was discharged home on the fifth postoperative day.

Laparoscopic Conversion of a GB into Normal Anatomy