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Authors: Al-Ashqar M et al Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1-5 (Jun 2018) Introduction The ‘weekend effect’ is said to occur when patient outcomes are adversely affected by the day of the week on which they present to hospital or have surgery. However, it is uncertain whether such a phenomenon exists […]
Read MoreThe passive leg raise (PLR) results in fewer attempts at intravenous (IV) access than no leg raise in paediatric patients, according to a study presented here at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists Society (CAS). “Obtaining IV access can be a challenge in the paediatric setting,” explained Patrick Valcke, MD, University of Saskatchewan, […]
Read MoreFrost Series #339 Written by: David Kaplan, MD, and Dmitri Bezinover, MD Reviewed by: Sonia Vaida, MD Since Thomas Starzl, MD, PhD, performed the first successful liver transplant in 1967, optimal intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring has been debated. In the early years, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was reserved primarily for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, but is increasingly […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lizaur-Utrilla A et al International Orthopaedics (May 2018) PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to identify the reasons for delayed surgery following hip fractures and analyze the impact of these reasons on 1-year mortality. METHODS A prospective cohort study of 1234 patients with mean age of 83.1 (range 65-92, SD 8.0) who underwent […]
Read MoreAuthors: Wang P et al. Gut 2018 May 18 Postprocedure infections are not unusual after colonoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Although concerns have been raised regarding bleeding and perforation with endoscopic procedures, little attention has been given to the risk for infection after colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). To estimate the rate of infections following these procedures, researchers analyzed […]
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