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What is the icd9 code for postoperative cholecystectomy?
V45.79
How does the patients activity resume after laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
The patient is usually allowed to shower on the second postoperative day. The patient is advised to gradually resume normal activities over a three-day period, while avoiding heavy lifting for about 10 days.
What is the aftercare of a urinary diversion surgery?
Postoperative care for the patient with a urinary diversion, as with those who have had any major surgery, involves monitoring of blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and temperature.
Why is a cholecystectomy performed laparoscopically?
Although the laparoscopic procedure requires general anesthesia for about the same length of time as the open procedure, laparoscopy generally produces less postoperative pain, and a shorter recovery period
What Position of patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy is?
over the left side
When is the patient discharged after cholecystectomy?
Within three to five days after surgery.
What aftercare is required for elective surgery?
Recovery time and postoperative care will vary by the elective procedure performed. Patients should receive complete, written postoperative care instructions prior to returning home after surgery
Anesthesia services include postoperative visits to the patient by the anesthesiologist?
yes
What care should a patient receive after an impedance phlebography?
The patient may resume normal or postoperative activities after the test.
What is another term for the time after the surgery that the physcian provides services to the patient?
Post-Op or postoperative
What does 'the patient has a history of cholecystectomy' mean?
Cholecystecomy is just a fancy medical word meaning "surgical removal of the gallbladder." A patient with a history of a cholecystecomy no longer has a gallbladder.
WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP WHEN PLANNING INSTRUCTION ABOUT POSTOPERATIVE HOME CARE FOR A PATIENT'S HUSBAND?
Determine the goal of the
