Women Continue to Be Less Likely to Receive Lung Transplants Than Men
Recent changes to Composite Allocation Score system improved rates for women, but disparities in access persist
~1 Percent of U.S. Docs Sponsored for H-1B Visas in Fiscal Year 2024
Counties with highest poverty level and rural counties had higher percentage of H-1B-sponsored physicians
Recommendations Developed for Pediatric Patients With Tracheostomies
Tracheal aspirate cultures recommended to guide antibiotic therapy, but not for routine surveillance
Donation After Medical Assistance in Dying Acceptable for Liver Transplant
Patient and graft survival similar for patients receiving DCD-V from MAiD donation versus conventional DCD-III grafts
Gene Expression Profile Test IDs Patients Who Can Skip SLNB in Melanoma
Of patients identified as low risk by combined clinicopathological factors and GEP test, only 7.1 percent were SLN-positive
Man Lives 271 Days With Pig Kidney, Setting Medical Record
The case is helping scientists dive deeper into the future of xenotransplantation
Foot/Ankle Injury During Football Career Linked to Foot/Ankle OA
Cases with foot/ankle OA or forefoot/ankle surgery after retirement had more foot/ankle injury and injections
American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 10 to 14
AAO: Wavelight Plus LASIK Achieves Better Outcomes Than SMILE Pro
Uncorrected distance visual acuity of 20/20 or better was achieved in 92 percent of LASIK group, 74 percent in SMILE group
Metabolomics, Proteomics Improve Prediction of Elevated BP in Teens
Metabolite-, protein-based models with known risk factors outperformed risk factor-only models for predicting EBP reductions after bariatric surgery
