KS Uplabdh Gopal

Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India

Publications

  • Research   
    Assessment of behavioural preparedness on recovery outcomes in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries
    Author(s): KS Uplabdh Gopal and Suhas N Jajoo*

    This is a cross-sectional study within comparison groups to assess the effects of behavioural preparedness and prior sensitization on psychological aspects and variables such as post-operative pain intensity, measures of physical well-being, length of hospital stay, switchover time from injectable to oral analgesics and user satisfaction. The study will be undertaken on patients in the In-patient department of Surgery in a rural tertiary care hospital in central India, during a period spanning 2 months. All adult patients (aged 18-60) undergoing elective abdominal surgical procedures under anaesthesia in the IPD of Surgery are eligible. Patients from other departments or those undergoing emergency surgeries, local anaesthesia or with severe morbidities are not included. The patients will be randomly selected and interviewed pre-operatively, dividing them into two groups, those receivi.. Read More»

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