Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · May 1995
[Shortage of lung donors: 3-year experience in the Groningen Academic Hospital].
To analyse the background of the shortage of donor lungs; to present the procedure of allocation of donor lungs in the Eurotransplant region and the selection of donor lungs in the lung transplantation programme Groningen. ⋯ Lung donor shortage is the main factor limiting the expansion of lung transplantation programmes. Increase of the number of suitable donors can be achieved by improving donor recognition and donor management, and by improving preservation techniques allowing increased acceptable cold ischaemia periods.
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · May 1995
Comparative Study[Outpatient preoperative examination by the anesthesiologist. II. Patient satisfaction].
To determine patient satisfaction after the reorganisation of the preoperative screening. ⋯ Preoperative screening reassures and informs the patient. The patients who could remember the interview with the anaesthesiologist preferred the preoperative screening in the outpatient department. A considerable number of the patients wanted to see the anaesthesiologist again after admission.
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · May 1995
Comparative Study[Outpatient preoperative examination by the anesthesiologist. I. Fewer procedures and preoperative hospital days].
To study the effect of the reorganisation of the preoperative screening on the volume of laboratory and function tests, and on preoperative hospital days. ⋯ If the preoperative screening is carried out by the anaesthesiologist, all the patients have the opportunity to meet the anaesthesiologist before the operation. The number of preoperative hospital days can be reduced by outpatient preoperative screening. Laboratory and function testing on only if indicated reduces the volume of the laboratory tests, ECGs and chest X-rays.