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For young adults hospitalized for injury

Medicaid Expansion Ups Access to Rehab in Young Adults With Injury

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Medicaid coverage up, lack of insurance down in first year of implementation of Medicaid expansion
For prostate cancer survivors

Prostate Cancer Treatment Side Effects Linked to Distress

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Those with worse emotional distress also report worse urinary, sexual, bowel functions
At hospitals with the lowest volume of immunosuppressed patients with sepsis

Case Volume Affects Mortality for Immunosuppressed With Sepsis

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Risk of death from sepsis up at hospitals with lowest volume of immunosuppressed patients with sepsis
Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy in children are associated with increased long-term risks of respiratory

Adenoid, Tonsil Removal May Affect Later Respiratory Risks

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Surgeries by age 9 associated with higher long-term risks of respiratory, infectious, allergic diseases
Higher daily average inpatient pain scores and higher postoperative opioid consumption are associated with a subsequent persistent opioid use of up to six months among pediatric patients undergoing major oncologic surgery

Factors ID’d for Persistent Opioid Use After Pediatric Surgery

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Findings in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemo
Early endovenous ablation of superficial venous reflux results in faster healing of venous leg ulcers and more time free from ulcers

Compression + Early Ablation Tied to Faster Leg Ulcer Healing

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Median time to healing with early endovenous ablation was 56 days vs. 82 with deferred ablation

Digestive Disease Week, June 2-5

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Digestive Disease Week 2018 The Digestive Disease Week annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological...
Compared to saphenous-vein grafts

Radial-Artery Grafts Better Than Saphenous-Vein Grafts in CABG

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Lower adverse cardiac events seen at five-year follow-up after coronary-artery bypass surgery
The prevalence of being uninsured varies by occupational groups

CDC: Prevalence of No Insurance Varies by Occupational Groups

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Significant drop in prevalence of uninsured from 2013 to 2014; variation by occupation in both years
Post-transplant hepatitis C treatment increases access to transplant and reduces waitlist time among hepatitis C-positive patients awaiting kidney transplantation

Post-Transplant Tx Reduces Wait for Kidney in Hep C+ Patients

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Delaying treatment until after transplant doesn't adversely impact kidney allograft or survival