He obtained permission from his chief of surgery to do studies on postoperative patients before the ether anaesthesia wore off.

Some hospitals have a standard assessment for postoperative patients that, among other concerns, monitors pain medication.

Mike Hurewitz choked on his own blood in a ward filled with 34 postoperative patients being cared for by a single first-year resident.

Inadequate pain relief characterized the life of some cancer sufferers as well as postoperative patients.

Lambert and colleagues determined that the immobilized postoperative patient was prone to atelectasis in the dependent lung.

Currently, neoadjuvant therapy is often reserved for postoperative patients, once the nodal status has been determined.

Outside in the hall, Laurie had to step out of the way of a passing gurney carrying a postoperative patient back to her room.

"Was it about a recent postoperative patient from the General?"

They are, however, excellent drugs with great benefits for postoperative and other patients.

Now, some postoperative patients are turning their surgeries into an excuse to get away for a little rest, relaxation and recovery, better known as a vacation.