Publications by Nancy Girard | LitMetric

Publications by authors named "Nancy Girard"

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Evidence appraisal of Erestam S, Haglind E, Bock D, Andersson AE, Angenete E. Changes in safety climate and teamwork in the operating room after implementation of a revised WHO checklist: a prospective interventional study.: Patient Saf Surg. 2017;11:4. doi:10.1186/s13037-017-0120-6.

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December 2017

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Evidence appraisal of Prestwich A, Moore S, Kotze A, Budworth L, Lawton R, Kellar I. How can smoking cessation be induced before surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques and other intervention characteristics.: Front Psychol. 2017;8:915. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00915.

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October 2017

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Evidence appraisal of Paim CPP, Goldmeier S. Development of an educational game to set up surgical instruments on the Mayo stand or back table: applied research in production technology.: JMIR Serious Games. 2017;5(1):e1. doi:10.2196/games.6048.

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August 2017

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Evidence appraisal of Seidi J, Ebnerasooli S, Shahsawari S, Nzarian S. The influence of oral ginger before operation on nausea and vomiting after cataract surgery under general anesthesia: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial.: Electron Physician. 2017;9(1):3508-3514.

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June 2017

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Evidence appraisal of Koh BTH, Tan JH, Ramruttun AK, Wang W. Effect of storage temperature and equilibration time on polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement polymerization in joint replacement surgery.: J Orthop Surg Res. 2015;10(1):178. doi:10.1186/s13018-015-0320-7.

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April 2017

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Evidence appraisal of Abdollahzade F, Mohammadi F, Dianat I, Asghari E, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, Sokhanvar Z. Working posture and its predictors in hospital operating room nurses.: Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(1):17-22.

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February 2017

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Evidence appraisal of Malik HH, Darwood ARJ, Shaunak S, Kulatilake P, El-Hilly AA, Mulki O, Baskaradas A. Three-dimensional printing in surgery: a review of current surgical applications.: J Surg Res. 2015;199(2):512-522.

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December 2016

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Evidence appraisal of Winter A, Steurer MP, Dullenkopf A. Postoperative delirium assessed by post anesthesia care unit staff utilizing the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale: a prospective observational study of 1000 patients in a single Swiss institution.: BMC Anesthesiol. 2015;15:184.

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October 2016

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Evidence appraisal of Wang R, Shi N, Bai J, Zheng Y, Zhau Y. Implementation and evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based education program for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Med Educ. 2015;15:115. Published online July 9, 2015.

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April 2016

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Evidence appraisal of Waljee J, McGlinn EP, Sears ED, Chung KC. Patient expectations and patient-reported outcomes in surgery: a systematic review: Surgery. 2014;155(5):799-808.

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February 2016

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Evidence appraisal of Wei C, Yu Y, Chen Y, Wei Y, Ni X. Impact of warming blood transfusion and infusion toward cerebral oxygen metabolism and cognitive recovery in the perioperative period of elderly knee replacement. J Orthop Surg Res. 2014;9:8.

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December 2015

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Evidence appraisal of Morehouse D, Williams L, Lloyd C, et al. Perioperative hypothermia in NICU infants: its occurrence and impact on infant outcomes. Adv Neonatal Care. 2014;14(3):154-164.

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August 2015

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Evidence appraisal of Arrowsmith VA, Taylor R. Removal of nail polish and finger rings to prevent surgical infection (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;8:CD003325.

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June 2015

This systematic review revealed that there remains no evidence to indicate whether removing nail polish and finger rings affects the rate of SSIs after surgery. Given that there are no new studies on this topic, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether wearing finger rings or nail polish affects the number of bacteria on the skin after surgical hand scrubbing.

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Check the anesthesia machine.

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May 2015

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DRESSed for failure.

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April 2015

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Evidence appraisal of Robinson TN, Wu DS, Sauaia A, et al. Slower walking speed forecasts increased postoperative morbidity and 1-year mortality across surgical specialties. Ann Surg. 2013;258(4):582-590.

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December 2014

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Anesthesia: a weighty issue.

Ashish C Sinha Nancy J Girard

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December 2014

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Evidence appraisal of Zhang W, Li N, Chen S, Tan Y, Al-Aidaros M, Chen L. The effects of a tourniquet used in total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis. J Orthop Surg Res. 2014;9(1):13. http://www.josr-online.com/content/9/1/13. Accessed May 30, 2014.

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August 2014

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Not your mother's OR: the evolution of endovascular surgery.

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September 2014

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Evidence appraisal of Aylin P, Alexandrescu R, Jen MH, Mayer EK, Bottle A. Day of week of procedure and 30 day mortality for elective surgery: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics. BMJ. 2013;346:f2424.

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June 2014

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Evidence appraisal of Harman S, Zemek R, Duncan MJ, Ying Y, Petrcich W. Efficacy of pain control with topical lidocaine-epinephrine-tetracaine during laceration repair with tissue adhesive in children: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. 2013;185(13):E629-E634.

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April 2014

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CA-MRSA skin infections: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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May 2014

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Evidence appraisal of Blandford CM, Gupta BC, Montgomery J, Stocker ME. Ability of patients to retain and recall new information in the post-anaesthetic recovery period: a prospective clinical study in day surgery. Anaesthesia. 2011;66(2): 1088-1092.

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February 2014

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Empty handoff.

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March 2014

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Evidence appraisal of Haugen AS, Søfteland E, Eide GE, et al. Impact of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist on safety culture in the operating theatre: a controlled intervention study. Br J Anaesth. 2013;110(5):807-815.

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December 2013

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