Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Socioeconomic Disparities Seen for Timing of Preoperative Hemodialysis
Authors say study highlights need for equitable access to perioperative care coordination for patients with end-stage kidney disease
Enforcing BMI Cutoffs for Shoulder Joint Surgery Could Exacerbate Disparities
Across all BMI cutoffs, female and Black patients disproportionately limited from the procedure
Racial Disparities Seen for Cost of Unplanned Care After Breast Reconstruction
However, race is not a significant predictor of unplanned hospital visits
Too Many Pancreatic Cancer Patients Not Offered Surgery
Percent of resections declined in Texas between 2004 and 2018
Total Hip Arthroplasty Safe for HIV-Positive Patients
Postoperative variables, including rates of pneumonia, wound dehiscence, surgical site infection, no different in matched analysis
Biden Administration Announces New Cancer Research Initiative
Program will fall under the purview of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, formed as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative
Initiating Patient-Controlled Epidural in OR Beneficial for Pain Control
Patients also required fewer opioids when initiating patient-controlled epidural anesthesia in operating room
Use of Manometer Can Reduce Endotracheal Tube Cuff Overinflation
Cuff overinflation seen in 59 percent of patients prior to intervention and in 36 percent after intervention
Few Surgeon-Scientists Continue to Receive NIH Funding After Training
Internal medicine trainees significantly more likely to parlay early NIH funding into later grants, including R01 grants
Models Can Predict Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
Preoperative and postoperative models are highly accurate for predicting BCRL in women undergoing axillary lymph node dissection and sentinel lymph node biopsy
