All Health Care, Long-Term Care Workers in California Must Get COVID-19 Shots
Order issued as the most populous state in the country struggles to slow infections caused by the highly contagious delta variant
Decompression Noninferior for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Decompression alone noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion during a two-year period
Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis for Acute DVT Tied to Kidney Injury
Bilateral deep vein thrombosis, single-session treatment, and female sex tied to greater risk
Outcomes Improved With Mobile Stroke Team in Early Window
More patients have good outcome with MIST model versus drip-and-ship model in early window within six hours of stroke
Postop Pneumonia Risk Up With Pediatric Neurologic Comorbidity
Almost twofold higher risk seen with presence of preoperative neurologic comorbidity; length of stay also up with neurologic comorbidity
Report Questions Benefit of FDA Accelerated Approval Pathway
112 of the 253 authorized drugs have not been confirmed as clinically effective; 24 of these have been on market more than five years
U.S. Medical Debt High, but Varies Geographically
Debt higher in the South, in lowest income ZIP codes, and in states without Medicaid expansion
Donor Drug Use Not Tied to Survival for Heart Transplant Recipients
And risk for posttransplant death decreasing despite drug overdose, hepatitis C-positive donors contributing to donor risk
Prostate Cancer Surgery Lagged for Black Men During Pandemic
Black men less likely than White men to undergo prostatectomy despite similar COVID-19 risk factors, biopsy Gleason grade groups
Abelacimab Prevents VTE After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Single, postoperative IV dose of abelacimab superior to enoxaparin for preventing venous thromboembolism, with no increase in bleeding risk

















