Hip fracture patients recover from operations faster with enhanced care...
The use of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) approach for hip fracture operations allows patients to return home faster and get back to normal activities sooner, according to new findings...
View ArticleAccredited bariatric center reduces postop complications while increasing...
An academic medical center's weight-loss surgery program greatly lowered its rates of several postoperative complications, including rehospitalization in the first month, surgical site and urinary...
View ArticleReducing opioid prescriptions for one operation can also spill over to other...
To curb the use of opioids after major elective operations and prevent these pain relievers from falling into the wrong hands, surgeons at the University of Michigan developed prescribing...
View ArticleGlobal surgeons provide value through innovation, professionalism, and education
An estimated 30 percent of all diseases globally require surgical care and expertise, yet global surgeons based in academic health centers (AHCs) often face institutional barriers that make it...
View ArticlePost-treatment surveillance frequency not related to improved lung cancer...
Cancer treatment continues to improve for many types of cancer, leading to increased life expectancy for many survivors. In fact, the number of cancer survivors is expected to reach nearly 18 million...
View ArticlePoor access to trauma center linked to higher death rates in more than half...
States with poor access to a comprehensive trauma center have more deaths occurring before injured patients' arrival at a hospital, compared with states that have better access. Furthermore, this...
View ArticleFirst study of its kind identifies differences in pediatric mortality after MVCs
A child seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision (MVC) may not have the same chance of survival as one injured in a different state, or even a neighboring county, where there is a closer...
View ArticleTrauma researchers identify characteristics of communities where mass...
A trauma research team has developed a profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred. It includes a shortage of mental health professionals, a relative lack of...
View ArticleAfrican-Americans may live longer after liver transplant if their donors are...
Among African-American adults undergoing liver transplant to treat liver cancer, patients whose organ donor was also African-American lived significantly longer than those with a racially unmatched...
View ArticleGenetically modified virus injection into tumor can treat metastatic melanoma
Injection of a genetically modified virus that induces the body's own immune cells to attack metastatic melanoma effectively treated almost 40 percent of patients with tumors that could not be...
View ArticleKidney transplantation to minority patients with a different blood types is safe
Minority patients achieve the same outcomes if they receive donor kidneys that are fully immunologically compatible compared with patients who receive the organs from fully compatible donors, according...
View ArticleGallbladder removal operation during pregnancy associated with adverse...
Pregnant women produce extra progesterone, which puts them at greater risk for gallstones. When the stones become problematic, causing painful attacks, a surgeon may recommend that the diseased...
View ArticleMedicaid expansion led to increase in screening for colorectal cancer...
Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the U.S.1 However, the state has been one of the most successful in reducing its uninsured rate, which happened in part through the Affordable Care Act's...
View ArticleFrailty may be a new screening criterion for fitness for an operation
Frailty, a decline in function and resistance to short-term stress that typically occurs in old age, is linked to more complications after an operation among adults of all ages, according to...
View ArticleTraffic accidents involving moose are 13 times more likely to result in human...
More than 500 traffic crashes involving moose occur in northern New England each year, and the injuries sustained by a vehicle's occupants—because of the height and weight of the animal—can be far more...
View ArticleNew trauma care pathway reduces delirium and likelihood of returning to the...
A standardized interdisciplinary clinical pathway to identify and manage frailty in older patients has reduced the rate of one of the most debilitating complications for older patients—delirium—and...
View ArticleMore than half of patients in pain management study took no opioids after...
The opioid epidemic has become a public health crisis in the U.S. While primary care physicians have been writing fewer opioid prescriptions over the last several years, new opioid prescriptions by...
View ArticleCharacteristics in older patients associated with inability to return home...
Older adults have a different physiology and unique set of needs that may make them more vulnerable to complications following a surgical procedure. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical...
View ArticleEnhanced recovery pathway for bariatric operations cuts hospital stays by half
A change in the care protocol of patients undergoing weight-reduction operations exceeded its desired effect by cutting postoperative hospital stays in half, reducing postoperative hospital...
View ArticleDelay from breast cancer diagnosis to chemotherapy after an operation may...
Women with breast cancer should start postoperative chemotherapy, when recommended, ideally within four months of their cancer diagnosis because new study findings show that waiting longer is...
View ArticleLarge-scale enhanced recovery program improves outcomes for bariatric surgery...
A large-scale implementation of a protocol to improve recovery of patients after weight-loss operations was found to reduce rates of extended hospitalization by almost half at 36 participating...
View ArticleMedical scribes have a positive impact on surgeons and residents
Some clinicians are turning to medical scribes to reduce the time spent managing electronic health records (EHRs). In fact, incorporating medical scribes into surgical practice increases the number of...
View ArticleAdults 85 years and older generally fare well after colon cancer operations
As people are living longer, more elderly patients are being diagnosed with age-related colon cancer, making it of increasing concern to the medical community. Another related issue is whether an...
View ArticleOpioid prescribing and use drop significantly after state imposes regulations
A state-mandated policy restricting opioid prescriptions along with increased public awareness and education about the opioid epidemic preceded drastic reductions in opioid prescribing and use for...
View ArticleACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator predicts outcomes for geriatric surgical...
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) Surgical Risk Calculator establishes a new threshold for assessing quality care for elderly patients...
View ArticleAI outperforms clinicians' judgment in triaging postoperative patients for...
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of a machine-learned algorithm correctly triaged the vast majority of postoperative patients to the intensive care unit in its first proof-of-concept...
View ArticleFive-year breast cancer survival rates at a safety net hospital rival...
Patients treated for breast cancer at a Miami safety net hospital achieved similar five-year survival outcomes to national averages, despite having a patient population that was largely poor,...
View ArticleWhen a major injury occurs again in children, it's too often no accident
Among U.S. children who survive major trauma—bodily injuries severe enough to require a hospital stay—nearly 3 percent experience another sudden injury in the same year and nearly one in five of these...
View ArticleGallbladder removal linked to better outcomes when performed soon after...
Delaying a needed gallbladder removal operation (known as a cholecystectomy) for an inflamed gallbladder (called acute cholecystitis) for more than 72 hours after hospital admission may not be the...
View ArticleSurgeons report that 12-hour shifts improve patient outcomes, lower costs
For covering emergency and urgent operations, hospitals have traditionally assigned general surgeons to 24-hour on-call schedules, which often puts them in a situation where they need to operate and...
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