Search for dissertations about: "surgical stress"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 84 swedish dissertations containing the words surgical stress.

2. 1. Surgical Stress in Rats : The Impact of Buprenorphine on Postoperative Recovery

   Author : Renée Sundbom; Klas Abelson; Kristina Dahlborn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgical stress; Corticosterone; Buprenorphine; Analgesia; Rats.; Försöksdjursvetenskap - Jämförande medicin; Comparative Medicine;

   Abstract : During surgery, both anesthesia and tissue damage cause physiological stress responses in the body. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is activated with increased levels of glucocorticoids. READ MORE

4. 2. Existential issues in surgical care : Nurses’ experiences and attitudes in caring for patients with cancer

   Author : Camilla Udo; Ella Danielson; Christina Melin-Johansson; Bertil Axelsson; Ingela Henoch; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer care; educational intervention; existential; nurses; surgical care; Hälsa och välfärd;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore surgical nurses’ experiences of being confronted with patients’ existential issues when caring for patients with cancer, and to examine whether an educational intervention may support nurses in addressing existential needs when caring for patients with cancer. Previously recorded discussions from supervision sessions with eight healthcare professionals were analysed (I), written descriptions of critical incidents were collected from 10 nurses, and interviews with open questions were conducted (II). READ MORE

5. 3. A holistic view of urinary stress incontinence in women

   Author : Anna-Lena Berglund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stress urinary incontinence; surgical treatment; urodynamics; pad test; nursing; personality characteristics; leisure time; spouse relationship; sexuality; social network; predictors; outcome;

   Abstract : The present study group consists of 45 women with genuine stress incontinence who were selected for surgical treatment and randomized either to retropubic urethrocystopexy (n=30) or pubococcygeal repair (n=15). The preoperative assessment included medical history, gynecological examination, urine analysis and culture, residual urine, pad test, frequency-continence charts, water urethrocystoscopy, continence test and cystometry with analysis of micturition. READ MORE

6. 4. Optimization of the perioperative anaesthetic care for prostate cancer surgery : clinical studies on pain, stress response and immunomodulation

   Author : Federica Fant; Anil Gupta; Kjell Axelsson; Swen-Olof Andersson; Sigridur Kalman; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Radical retropubic prostatectomy; epidural analgesia; patientcontrolled local anaesthesia; patient-controlled analgesia; surgical stress response; local and general inflammatory reaction; immune response; Anaesthesiology; Anestesiologi; Surgery; Kirurgi;

   Abstract : Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common cancer form in men. Surgery is the treatment of choice for localized form of PC and half of all surgical procedures are radical retropubic prostatectomies (RRP). READ MORE

7. 5. Evaluation of surgical methods for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence

   Author : Maud Ankardal; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : urinary incontinence; female; surgery; colposuspension; laparoscopic; laparoscopy; tension-free vaginal tape; stress urinary incontinence; mixed urinary incontinence; quality of life; long term results; health care costs; cost analyses; health priorities; vaginal surgery; Sweden;

   Abstract : Aims: Paper I & II: To compare the subjective and objective results of open Burch colposuspension and laparoscopic colposuspension using sutures or mesh and staples in randomised trials. Paper III: To assess the short and long term results of the Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT)-procedure in a large observational study and to identify factors predictive of successful outcome. READ MORE