Women Less Likely to Get Periop Care Before Hip Fracture Surgery
Women also less likely to receive anesthesia consultation, more likely to have timely surgery
Functional Decline Seen for Many Frail Patients After TAVR, SAVR
Older patients with severe frailty often have decline or lack of improvement after the procedures
Simulation Captures Performance With Multifocal Intraocular Lens
Visual simulation captures individual optical, visual performance obtained with real M-IOLs
Racial/Ethnic, Income Variation ID’d in the Opioid Epidemic
Study, two research letters describe opioid prescribing trends and interactions with race, age
Vaccine-Preventable Infections Common After Peds Transplant
These infections in organ transplant recipients associated with significant morbidity, mortality, costs
Delayed EMS Response Time Tied to Mortality After Car Accident
Longer emergency medical services response increases motor vehicle crash mortality in urban, rural settings
Certain Opioids Less Effective With SSRI Antidepressants
Surgical patients on SSRIs + prodrug opioids had higher postsurgical pain 8 weeks postdischarge
FDA: Number of U.S. Women With Breast Implant-Caused Cancer Has Increased
Textured implants linked to cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Donor Heart Recovery From Drug-Intoxicated Deaths Has Increased
Campaigns promoting organ donation in populations affected by drugs have contributed to increase
T2DM Initially Remits in Majority Who Undergo Gastric Bypass
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass linked to significantly lower risk for microvascular complications
