Authors: Dawn Wiest, PhD et al JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(1):e187369 Question Is connection to primary care within 7 days of hospital discharge associated with reduced readmissions? Findings In this cohort study of 1531 hospital discharges among adult Medicaid patients in Camden, New Jersey, patients attending a primary care follow-up appointment as part of the 7-Day Pledge program had fewer 30- […]
Read MoreAuthors: Annemarie Akkermans, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 92-105. What We Already Know about This Topic: It remains unknown what end-tidal carbon dioxide and mean arterial pressure are optimal for surgical management of patients with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The investigators retrospectively evaluated 1,099 patients who had endovascular […]
Read MoreAuthors: Daniel I. Sessler, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 72-82. What We Already Know about This Topic: Intraoperative triple-low events (mean arterial pressure less than 75 mmHg, Bispectral Index less than 45, and minimum alveolar fraction of anesthetic less than 0.8) have been found to be associated with increased risk of mortalityWhat This Article Tells […]
Read MoreAuthors: Daniel I. Sessler, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 3-5. Intraoperative mortality is now so low that its rate is hard to measure. In contrast, postoperative mortality remains common, with about 2% of United States surgical inpatients dying within a month—mostly of cardiovascular causes. Longer-term mortality is even more common, with about 5% of […]
Read MoreI know this is long but this is so important I wanted to give the entire report. Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 12-30. Practice advisories are systematically developed reports that are intended to assist decision-making in areas of patient care. Advisories provide a synthesis of scientific literature and analysis of expert opinion, clinical feasibility data, open forum […]
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