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PURPOSE
The study's objective was the clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis Risk for delayed surgical recovery (00246).
METHOD
Case control study was conducted in a university hospital; the charts of 239 patient, 71 cases and 168 controls. Odds ratio was calculated for the association between each risk factor and the outcome of delayed surgical recovery.
RESULTS
Risk factors with higher...