Surgery
HM19
HM19: Pediatric medical and surgical co-management
The more modern co-management model infuses a need for anticipatory and prevention-heavy approach.
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Better communication with pharmacists can improve postop pain control
A pharmacist advises surgeons to make sure to adjust medications based on preoperative or intraoperative doses to avoid endangering patients by...
Practice Management
The ever-evolving scope of hospitalists’ clinical services
As health care becomes ever more complex, high-functioning hospital medicine groups are needed to navigate it.
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Noncardiac surgery has 7% covert stroke rate in elderly
HONOLULU – Covert strokes were linked with a doubled rate of cognitive decline in older patients after noncardiac surgery.
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Pulmonary hypertension linked to complications after head and neck procedures
SAN DIEGO – The odds of in-hospital mortality were not significantly different for those with PHTN.
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Risk models fail to predict lower-GI bleeding outcomes
Seven complex clinical risk stratification models did not do as well.
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No change in postoperative pain with restrictive opioid protocol
The implementation of an ultrarestrictive opioid prescribing protocol after gynecologic surgery was associated with significant declines in opioid...
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FDA aims to boost safety of platelets for transfusion
The agency is seeking input on ways to decrease the risk of bacterial contamination in platelets stored for 5 and 7 days after collection.
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Overprescribing opioids leads to higher levels of consumption
The study findings have troubling implications for opioid abuse among surgical patients.
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Preop anemia management saves blood, costs
BOSTON – Managing anemia prior to cardiac surgery saved a hospital more than $100,000 in transfusion costs in a pilot program.