"We met that demand, but now need time to recover readiness".
Median time to home readiness was shorter in group A than in group P, 3 (1–7) vs. 5 (2–8) days (p = 0.03).
Secondary endpoints were pain intensity, time to home readiness using well-defined discharge criteria, side effects, plasma concentrations of local anesthetics, knee function, and patient satisfaction.
The local infiltration analgesia (LIA) technique provides excellent pain relief and lower morphine consumption following TKA, resulting in shorter time to home readiness and higher patient satisfaction.
We found that time to home readiness in the LIA group was shorter than in the placebo group by 2 days, a statistically significant and a clinically relevant reduction.
The telescope, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, had been scheduled to be launched on April 18 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Al Feinberg, a NASA spokesman, said the delay, to no earlier than April 26, would give the agency more time to assess mission readiness.
Third, the transition program allowed time to assess patient readiness.
For the THA patients, mean time to discharge (discharge readiness and actual discharge) was 2.0 days (SD 0.8) (range 0.5 6.5) and 1.9 days (SD 1.0) (range 1– 6), respectively.
Smokers' patterns of tobacco consumption were characterized in terms of tobacco dependence (number of cigarettes per day and time to first cigarette), readiness to quit, previous quit attempts, and previous consultation with a health professional to quit.
Similarly, for the TKA patients, mean time to discharge (discharge readiness and actual discharge) was 2.3 days (SD 1.0) (range 0.5 7.5) and 3.0 days (SD 1.6) (range 1 12), respectively.
There are likely several health systems factors that contribute to the ineffectiveness of the current disclosure protocol, including busy caseloads for clinicians that do not allow for enough time to assess disclosure readiness and conduct disclosure counseling in routine care and inadequate training and tools to use for disclosure counseling.
