Postop
Short for postoperative; after a surgical operation. The opposite of postop is preop.
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- Postoperative
After surgery. As opposed to preoperative, before surgery.
- Postoperative care
Care given after surgery until the patient is discharged from the hospital or surgicenter and, in some cases, continuing on an ambulatory basis. Postoperative care is aimed at meeting the patient’s physical and psychological needs directly after surgery.
- Postoperative hemorrhage
Bleeding after a surgical procedure. The hemorrhage may occur immediately after the surgery or be delayed. It need not be restricted to the surgical wound. Common causes of postoperative hemorrhage are from tissues which cannot be entirely prevented from bleeding and depend on blood clotting to stop the hemorrhage, problems in the normal clotting mechanism […]
- Postpartum
The period just after delivery, as with postpartum depression. Postpartum refers to the mother, and postnatal to the baby.
- Postpartum depression
A form of severe depression after delivery that interferes with daily functioning and requires treatment. It can occur a few days, weeks, or even months after childbirth. A woman with postpartum depression may have feelings of sadness, despair, anxiety, and irritability to a severe degree. Treatment involves counseling and/or medications.