Racial Inequities in HF Care Access
Data suggest that heart failure (HF) is the second most common reason for hospital admission in...
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Surgery Newsletter
Predicting Post-TAVI, In-Hospital Mortality
Prior research has assessed post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) mortality in...
Read MoreFDA Cracks Down on Breast Implant Manufacturers for Skirting Regulations
Allergan shirks follow up on safety study for recalled implants; Ideal Implant Inc. ignores adverse event reporting rules WASHINGTON — The FDA issued warning letters to a pair of breast implant manufacturers that failed to...
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Validating the APPROACH CVICU Readmission Score
Published reports indicate that as many as 8% of cardiac surgical patients are readmitted to a...
Read MoreSurvey of Thoracic Surgeons Finds Most Are Happy in Their Careers
But job satisfaction does not erase burnout risk More than half of heart and lung surgeons (54.1%) really like their jobs, but almost the same number (55.7%) are showing signs of burnout, which makes it difficult to discern a...
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Experts Discuss Strategy for Bariatric Surgery During COVID-19
Recommendations address nonsurgical management, prioritization of patients once surgery resumes
Read MoreDeath from Opioids Far Less Likely in Cancer Patients than General Population
Prescriptions for opioids declined in states with mandatory-access Rx monitoring programs Cancer patients who were prescribed opioids for pain control were much less likely to die from overdose compared with the general...
Read MorePostmortem Harvesting, Reuse of Implantable Heart Devices Appears Safe
Re-sterilization yields low incidence of infection The re-sterilization and reuse of implantable cardiac devices in underserved countries results in a “reassuringly” low incidence of infection, researchers...
Read MoreFDA Approves Targeted Tx for Metastatic NSCLC
Capmatinib indicated for patients with certain tumor mutations WASHINGTON — The FDA approved the kinase inhibitor capmatinib (Tabrecta) to treat adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with...
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