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Ketamine’s antidepressant activity linked to specific area of prefrontal cortex
Ketamine could hold promise for rapid and durable improvement in treatment-resistant depression.
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ASA: Mutation testing aids decision making in thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Genetic testing in those with thyroid cancer may aid perioperative decision making. Major finding: Distant metastases were...
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Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women
Key clinical point: Oral combined hormone therapy improved mood in recently postmenopausal women, but did not alter cognition.
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Resection margin correlates with survival in CRC liver metastases
Key clinical point: Negative margins of any size improve overall survival in liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Major findings: Overall...
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Trauma surgeons can safely manage many TBI patients
Key clinical point: Patients with less severe TBIs can be safely managed by intensivists or trauma surgeons. Major finding: For TBI patients,...
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Reconstruction, transplantation successful for gut failure after bariatric surgery
Key clinical point: Gut failure after bariatric surgery was successfully repaired by a variety of surgical techniques in most patients. Major...
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Weekend surgery safer with more nurses, EMR use
Key clinical point: Surgeon-independent factors impacted patient outcomes for urgent surgical procedures.
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ASA: Bowel prep, oral antibiotics cut postop colorectal complications
Key clinical point: A combination of mechanical cleansing and oral antibiotics reduced major colorectal surgery complications by nearly one-half....
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer improves conservation
Key clinical point: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for triple negative breast cancer resulted in increased eligibility for breast-conserving...
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Ileal pouch re-dos successful in most patients
Key clinical point: Eighty percent of transabdominal revisions of failed ileal pouch–anal anastomosis surgeries were successful; patients were...
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ASA: Electroporation shows promise for locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Key clinical point: Irreversible electroporation was associated with a survival advantage, compared with standard care, for those with stage III...
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Frozen RBCs match fresh in safety, effectiveness
Key clinical point: Cryopreserved red blood cells were as safe and effective to use for trauma transfusions as were fresh red blood cells. Major...
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Ultrasound accurately predicts trauma thoracotomy survival
Key clinical point: Trauma arrest victims who will survive resuscitative thoracotomy can be predicted using focused assessment with sonography in...