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For patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

Chemoimmunotherapy Ups Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel prolongs progression-free survival in metastatic disease
A diagnostic strategy based on pretest clinical probability assessment

Diagnostic Strategy Can Rule Out PE in Pregnant Women

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Strategy includes clinical probability assessment, D-dimer, lower-limb compression ultrasound, CTPA

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 13-17

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ANESTHESIOLOGY 2018 The annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists was held from Oct. 13 to 17 in San Francisco and attracted...
High childhood body mass index is strongly correlated with slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Strong Link for Peds Obesity, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

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Children with severe obesity at 5 to 6 years and 11 to 12 years old have increased risk for SCFE
In-hospital postnatal education about infant pain management at vaccinations leads to more frequent use of pain relief interventions

Postnatal Education Increases Pain Relief Use at Vaccinations

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Moms given info about infant pain management more likely to breastfeed, give sucrose, anesthestics
Young adults who report injecting drugs or using heroin

High Uptake, Acceptability of Rapid Fentanyl Test Strips

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Significant link between receiving positive results, reporting positive change in overdose risk behavior
For individuals with knee osteoarthritis

ACR: Walking Each Day May Cut Risk for TKA Over Five Years

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Replacing 5 minutes of non-walking time with 5 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous walking beneficial
For individuals with obstructive sleep apnea

Short Respiratory Event Duration Ups Mortality Risk in OSA

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Individuals with shortest-duration events had adjusted hazard ratio of 1.31 for all-cause mortality
Recommendations have been developed for nomenclature of cognitive changes associated with anesthesia and surgery; the recommendations were published in the November issue of Anesthesiology.

Changes in Nomenclature for Perioperative Cognitive Disorders

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'Perioperative neurocognitive disorders' is broad term for cognitive impairment in perioperative period
Guidelines have been updated to support the health care transition from adolescence to adulthood

Guidelines Outlined to Ease Peds Transition to Adult Health Care

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Recommendations developed in realms of infrastructure, education, payment, research