Medical Students Not Ready to Provide Nutritional Care
Findings consistent regardless of country of training, year of medical education
Frailty Assessment May Aid Liver Transplant Evaluation
Frailty assessment may help identify patients at higher risk for death on the wait-list
Hysterectomy Tied to Long-Term Risk for Depression, Anxiety
Findings particularly strong with hysterectomy at younger age, even with ovarian conservation
Physical Therapy and Surgery Reduce Mixed Urinary Incontinence Symptoms
However, reduction in symptoms from addition of physical therapy may not be clinically important
Physical Therapy and Surgery Reduce Mixed Urinary Incontinence Symptoms
However, reduction in symptoms from addition of physical therapy may not be clinically important
Delaying Treatment Worsens Head, Neck Cancer Outcomes
Findings show that survival declines, recurrence increases with delays of more than 60 days
Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Kidney Transplants
Increases in Medicaid-covered preemptive kidney transplants greater in Medicaid expansion states
Patient Factors May Predict Opioid Use After Discharge
Certain factors, such as anxiety, associated with greater opioid use in the month after major surgery
2011 FDA Safety Message Tied to Drop in Transvaginal Mesh Use
Proportion of apical procedures using transvaginal mesh decreased in year after safety communication
Cancer Survival Increasing in High-Income Countries
International disparities observed, with survival generally higher in Australia, Canada, and Norway