Costs of Emergency Vs Elective Surgery
Study investigators estimate that even a modest reduction in the proportion of emergency...
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Month: September 2015
Comparing Appendiceal Abscess Approaches
Laparoscopic surgery appears to be safe and feasible as a first-line treatment for appendiceal...
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Coaching Enhances Surgical Skills
Individualized comprehensive surgical coaching appears to enhance surgical training and result in...
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Predicting Postoperative Readmission
University of Wisconsin researchers suggest that bleeding disorders, long operative times,...
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Stroke & Cognitive Decline
Study investigators suggest that incident stroke appears to be associated with an acute decline in...
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Extended Oral Anticoagulation After PE
When managing patients with a first episode of unprovoked pulmonary embolism (PE), a study has...
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Making the Case for Individualized Care Plans
Individualized care plans developed by a multidisciplinary team and integrated into an electronic...
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Improving Pediatric Obesity Care
An intervention involving computerized clinical decision support for obesity management for...
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Virtual Reality for Pain Management – Video
Psychologist Ted Jones discusses the benefits of using virtual reality to treat pain and explains...
Read MoreED Revisits & Mortality in Older Adults after a Fall
Researchers in Boston indicate that more than one-third of older adult ED fall patients appear to have an ED revisit or die within 1 year. Among patients who were an average age of 78.6 years old, ED revisit rates increased from...
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A Mobile Diabetes Intervention
Evidence is lacking on interventions that are implemented to meet the needs of older adults with...
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Aerobic Exercise Benefits Patients With Asthma
Aerobic training for 12 weeks appears to reduce bronchial hyper-responsiveness and serum...
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Diagnosing & Differentiating Obstructive Airway Diseases
Airway resistance and specific airway conductance appear to be significant factors contributing to...
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Brain Changes in COPD Patients
European research indicates that patients with COPD appear to demonstrate gray matter decreases in...
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Comparing Asthma Monitoring Strategies
A comparison of three strategies for monitoring childhood asthma suggests that the change from...
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Understanding Unintentional Opioid Overdose Injury
Among opioid users, unintentional overdose injury appears to be related to the prescribed opioid’s...
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The Cost of Pediatric Pain Conditions
Healthcare expenditures for pediatric pain-related conditions exert a considerable economic burden...
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Measuring Cognitive Function in Fibromyalgia
University of Michigan researchers have found that the Multidimensional Inventory of Subjective...
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Comparing Hernia Repair Approaches
Among patients with a small umbilical or epigastric hernia, mesh repair appears to halve the...
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IL-10: A New Target for Lipid Abnormalities
Increased interleukin-10 (IL-10) appears to cause severe HDL cholesterol deficiency and raises...
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