Nov 05, 2015

Postoperative delirium is the most common neurologic surgical complication among older patients, with incidence rates ranging from 15% to 50% in published studies. Yet, evidence suggests it is prevent...

Nov 05, 2015

Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic progressive condition that most commonly affects the elderly. Currently, about 1 million Americans have PD, but studies suggest that the prevalence of the disease w...

Nov 03, 2015

Throughout the United States, there have been dynamic changes in healthcare technology, healthcare delivery, and health behaviors in recent years. There has been a push to improve healthcare quality o...

Nov 03, 2015

New research was presented at CHEST 2015, the annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, from October 24 to 28 in Montreal, Canada. The features below highli...

Nov 02, 2015

New research was presented at ACS 2015, the American College of Surgeons’ annual clinical congress, from October 4 to 8 in Chicago. The features below highlight some of the studies emerging from the...

Oct 29, 2015

New research was presented at Anesthesiology 2015, the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual meeting, from October 24 to 28 in San Diego. The features below highlight some of the studies eme...

Oct 20, 2015

The rate of reverse shoulder arthroplasties (RSA) is increasing as its indications are expanding, but various reports suggest that these procedures are associated with a high complication rate. “Res...

Oct 20, 2015

Cardiac events are major postoperative complications that can occur in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty. Some studies have shown that serious cardiac complication...

Oct 14, 2015

New research was presented at IDWeek 2015, the combined annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, HIV Medicine Association, and Pedi...

Oct 07, 2015

Patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who go untreated following referrals for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) appear to have a 1-year mortality rate of almost 40%, according ...

Oct 05, 2015

Back in July, an organization called ProPublica released its Surgeon Scorecard, which attempted to give patients a way to compare surgeon performance. While the effort was well-intended, it was cri...

Sep 22, 2015

The NFL season kicked off this month but with it, we return back to concussion season. Most people know of the controversy of the concussion cover-up in the NFL and how pro-players suffer long-term br...

Sep 21, 2015

Discussions of religious or spiritual considerations appear to occur infrequently with the surrogate decision makers of ICU patients who have relatively high degrees of religiosity. Study investigator...

Sep 21, 2015

Adverse outcomes of elective daytime surgery appear to be similar, regardless of whether or not surgeons have provided medical services after midnight. The compilation of death, readmission, or compli...

Sep 21, 2015

Study results suggest that patients with multiple previous hernia repairs appear to be more likely that those with no previous repairs to undergo subsequent reoperations. These patients also tend to h...

Sep 21, 2015

Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR)—which combines minimally invasive left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending bypass with PCI of non-left anterior descending vessels—appears t...

Sep 21, 2015

Pneumonia is a common nosocomial infection that accounts for approximately 2.7% to 3.4% of complications among surgical patients. Nosocomial pneumonia has been linked to high morbidity, mortality, and...

Sep 21, 2015

In 2009, the Joint Commission Leadership Standard issued a mandate stating that leaders need to create and maintain a culture of safety and quality throughout hospitals. In 2013, this mandate was upda...

Sep 18, 2015

I got the call from the radiologist at midday, just as I was about to start my third case in the OR. He called my cellphone directly, unusual for a routine study. “I just looked at Mr. K’s abdo...

Sep 09, 2015

American investigators suggest that bariatric surgery appears to substantially reduce urinary incontinence over 3 years among severely obese patients. Weight loss was independently related to urinary ...