postoperative days
Key Facts
Abbreviation
PODS
Pronunciation
/ˌpoʊstˈɒpərətɪv deɪz/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine
Examples in Context
- Stomach tubes were removed within 7 to 10 postoperative days(PODS).
- The intrathoracic drain was all removed within 48 postoperative hours with exception of 3 middle-old aged patients with spontaneous pneumothorax in whom the continuous air leakage was observed and the drain was removed on 7, 8 and 13 postoperative days(PODS), respectively.
- The authors report perioperative arterial bloodgas analyses among 100 patients with intrathoracic tumors. During the first four postoperative days(PODS), PaO2 values were lower than preoperative ones ( P < 0.001 ).
- Results Compared with Whipple, pylorus-preserving pancreato-duodenectomy results in a higher incidence of delayed gastric emptying, more nasogastric tube drainage days, an increased volume of gastric drainage and decreased volume of biliary drainage during the first 3 postoperative days(PODS), but shorter operation time and hospital stay.
- Results All patients had marked to complete pain relief at1 ~ 2 postoperative days(PODS), and could get up to move at2 ~ 3 postoperative days(PODS).
Other meanings of PODS
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Computing
Portable On Demand Storage
Computing
Principles Of Database Systems
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Probability Of Death Score
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