Surgery
Home Surgery
Amount of Opioids Prescribed After Hospital Discharge Varies
45.6 percent of patients using no opioids 24 hours predischarge were prescribed opioids at discharge
Gabapentin Doesn’t Cut Time to Pain Cessation After Surgery
But perioperative gabapentin is linked to increase in rate of opioid cessation after surgery
CABG May Be Best Method to Revascularize in Diabetes
Cardiac, cerebrovascular events lower in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
Pediatric Oncologists Willing to Consider Medical Marijuana
Those eligible to certify report less favorable attitudes to medical marijuana overall
β-Cell Sensitivity to Glucose Impaired After Gastric Bypass
Individuals with prior Roux-en-Y gastric bypass have reduced β-cell glucose sensitivity
Deceleration in Health Care Spending Growth in 2016
Enrollment trends drove slowdown in Medicaid and private health insurance spending growth in 2016
Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis No Benefit in DVT
Addition of pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis resulted in higher risk of bleeding
Thyroidectomy-Specific Quality Improvement Measures ID’d
Hypocalcemia, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury may be useful quality improvement measures
Evidence-Based Guidelines Cut Postoperative Opioid Use
Drop in opioids prescribed without increasing need for refills after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Different Weight Loss Patterns Observed Following Bariatric Sx
Mean weight loss of 38.2 kg (28.4 percent), 18.8 kg (14.9 percent) seven years after RYGB, LAGB
