Health Care Workers’ Gloves Strong Source of Contamination
Clear evidence that gloves of health care workers contaminate hospital surfaces with bacteria
Patients Face High Hospital Bills Despite Having Insurance
Average out-of-pocket fee for privately insured adults topped $1,000 in 2013
Nerve Transposition Technique Successful in Facial Paralysis
Findings for intratemporal facial nerve coaptation to hypoglossal nerve
2017 Will Bring Premium Rate Increases Under ACA
Experts say increases will mostly affect people who get modest subsidies or no financial assistance
Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block Beneficial After Hysterectomy
Ropivacaine linked to reduced postoperative opioid consumption, pain versus placebo
Adverse Outcomes Up With Kidney Retransplant in HIV+
HIV+ retransplant recipients have increased risk of death and graft loss versus HIV− re-KT patients
APCs, Doctors Order Low-Value Services With Similar Frequency
Similar frequency for antibiotics, CT and MRI, radiography, and referrals
25(OH)D Levels Linked to Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
Longer overall survival for patients with sufficient prediagnostic 25-hydroxyvitamin D
Materials in Vitreous Seen in About Half of Phaco Cases
Positive predictors for MIV include higher nuclear sclerosis grade, male gender, older age
Dropping Troponin Test May Up Number of Donor Hearts Available
Results of test don't seem to alter survival rates, even five years after transplant
