Oct 08, 2013

New research was presented at Anesthesiology 2013, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologist, from October 12 to 16 in San Francisco. Meeting Highlights IV Acetaminophen f...

Oct 08, 2013

The Particulars: Among the elderly, research suggests that elective colon resection is associated with poor perioperative outcomes. Using a laparoscopic approach to colon resection in the elderly may ...

Oct 08, 2013

The Particulars: Medicare reduces compensation rates for hospitals with high readmission rates. However, many hospitals can only track same-hospital readmissions. It has not been established if same-h...

Oct 08, 2013

The Particulars: Studies have suggested that morbidity and mortality rates are worse among patients undergoing surgeries performed during the weekend, leading to a phenomenon dubbed the “weekend eff...

Oct 08, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—Women with early-stage breast cancer in one breast are increasingly opting to undergo a more aggressive operation to remove both breasts called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (...

Oct 08, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—People over 60 years old are more likely to have precancerous or cancerous polyps develop in a part of the colon that goes unseen by flexible sigmoidoscopy, a common screening test fo...

Oct 08, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—New combinations of postoperative pain treatment decreased both pain and the use of narcotic pain relievers according to two studies presented this week at the 2013 Clinical Congress ...

Oct 08, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—Patients with bladder cancer are two times more likely to have complications after a radical cystectomy procedure if they have a biomarker for poor nutritional status before the opera...

Oct 08, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—A University of Michigan surgeon has found a way to successfully perform laparoscopic gallbladder removal in Nicaragua, despite limited clinical resources and poor operating room cond...

Oct 07, 2013

New research is being presented at ACS 2013, the American College of Surgeons 2013 Annual Clinical Congress, from October 6-10 in Washington, DC. Meeting Highlights No Weekend Effect With Appen...

Oct 03, 2013

Normal readback orders have been recommended as a patient safety initiative for physicians, surgeons, and staff in order to reduce the incidence of perioperative complications that can result from ve...

Oct 03, 2013

The percentage of Americans aged 65 and older is projected to more than double between 2010 and 2050. In 2006, 35% of inpatient and 32% of outpatient surgical procedures were performed in the elderly,...

Oct 03, 2013

The Particulars: Studies have suggested that fecal transplantation is effective in about 90% of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). This treatment strategy involves rebalanc...

Oct 02, 2013

Globally, more than 110 million men suffer from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition associated with frequent urination during the day and night, trouble urinating, and/or urinary retention...

Sep 30, 2013

The video presents a greenlight HPS photoselective vaporization of the prostate after brachytherapy. Source:  Nikos Bafaloukas, MD, PhD...

Sep 30, 2013

There has been a desperate need for new antibiotics to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli (GNB) bacteria. In 2010, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) l...

Sep 25, 2013

Patients with a trauma-induced coagulopathy account for more than half of hemorrhagic deaths in the United States. About 25% of severely injured patients are already coagulopathic and thrombocytopenic...

Sep 18, 2013

When a critical event occurs in professions other than medicine, detailed investigations are conducted to examine systematic and individual factors that caused or contributed to the event. While these...

Sep 17, 2013

General internists are expected to play a pivotal role in providing healthcare as the population ages, the burden of chronic disease grows, and healthcare reform tries to improve coverage for million...

Sep 10, 2013

Research shows that as many as 20,000 of the nearly 1 million total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures performed in the United States result in a prosthetic joint infe...