Application of a standardized early activity program on enhanced recovery after surgery in patients after surgery for pulmonary nodules.

Background: Early postoperative activity, an important part of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in clinical practice, is considered to be a significant component of postoperative quality care.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a standardized early activity program on ERAS in patients after surgery for pulmonary nodules.

Methods: A total of 100 patients with pulmonary nodules who underwent a single-port thoracoscopic segmental resection or a wedge resection of the lung were selected for the present study.

Perioperative Clinical Results of Transcervical and Transhiatal Esophagectomy versus Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy in Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study.

Background: This study assessed the efficacy of transcervical and transhiatal esophagectomy versus thoracoscopic esophagectomy in patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC).

Methods: A total of 80 patients with EC were enrolled in this study, including 40 cases in the observation group that received transcervical combine transhiatal esophagectomy and the rest 40 cases of the group that underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy. The preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data were analyzed between the two surgeries, regarding perioperative bleeding, the total number of dissected mediastinal lymph nodes, operative time, number of lymph nodes in the left para-recurrent laryngeal nerve (para-RLN) or the right para-RLN, time in the intensive care unit (ICU), postoperative pain score, the length of postoperative stay (LOPS), PO/fraction of inspired oxygen (PO/FiO2), pulmonary infection, and lymphatic metastasis.

Self-Care Behavior of Hemodialysis Patients With Arteriovenous Fistula in China: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study.

Improving the level of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) self-care behavior by people receiving hemodialysis is an effective way to reduce the occurrence of complications and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the self-care behavior of Chinese patients undergoing hemodialysis with arteriovenous fistula. The assessment of self-care behaviors with arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis (ASBHD-AVF, Portuguese version) was translated into Chinese using Brislin's translation model.