ACS: General Surgery Residents Often Experience Mistreatment
Women have higher rates of mistreatment measures; mistreatment linked to burnout, suicidal thoughts
Aspirin May Slow Growth of Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms
Aspirin linked to decreased rate of aneurysm growth in patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms
Readmissions Up for Preexisting HAIs With Home Discharge
Risk for readmission for preexisting health care-associated infection lower with discharge to SNF
Facebook Launches Preventive Health Tool
Tool created in partnership with American Cancer Society, American College of Cardiology, AHA, CDC
AAP: Greater Access to Bariatric, Metabolic Surgery Urged for Youth
Metabolic and bariatric surgery safe for youth with severe obesity; barriers to surgery should be reduced
Doctors Mostly Dissatisfied With Electronic Health Record Systems
Despite dissatisfaction, few practices considering switching systems
Outcomes Poor With Medical Care From Fraud, Abuse Perpetrators
Mortality and emergency hospitalization rates higher in Medicare beneficiaries with FAP exposures
Delay of Surgery for DCIS Ups Risk for Invasive Breast Cancer
Each month delay increases risk for invasive cancer by 1 percent
CDC: Drugs Involved in Overdose Deaths Varied Regionally in 2017
Overdose deaths involving fentanyl or cocaine higher in regions east of Mississippi River
Family Involvement Cuts Postop Delirium in Older Patients
Patients in elder life program had less decline in physical and cognitive function, shorter length of stay
