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A SPECT/CT scan can help interventionalists determine the best course of treatment for lower back pain, according to a study presented last week at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The researchers found that three times more patients achieved 70 percent to 100 percent pain relief after being managed […]
Read MoreAbout 2.2 million people, or more than one in every four Americans who signed up for private health coverage under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, have inconsistent data in their applications that could lead to them losing coverage in isolated cases, officials said. Republicans, who have made the law known as Obamacare a top […]
Read MoreI thought our readers should know this information since we often give antibiotics either preop or intraop. Authors: Schweizer ML et al., JAMA 2014 May 21; The mean attributable cost of surgical site infections in the Veterans Affairs system in 2010 was $11,876. With today’s emphasis on improving healthcare quality while decreasing cost, understanding the […]
Read MoreThis is important for our readers because so many of our followers work in the ICU beside just surgery. Authors: Binney ZO et al., Crit Care Med 2014 May 42:1074 Investigators describe a process by which ICU patients were transferred successfully to inpatient hospice care. In the U.S., 10% to 20% of patients admitted to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kim JB et al., J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Jun 3; 63:2280 Overall mortality risk was 50% higher in patients who underwent off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Compared with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), off-pump surgery offers potential advantages of reduced bleeding, reduced need for transfusion, and superior neurocognitive outcomes. However, […]
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