Surgical Site Infection Rates: Good or Bad?
Postoperative acute care visits for clinically significant surgical site infections (SSIs)...
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Postoperative acute care visits for clinically significant surgical site infections (SSIs)...
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The Particulars: Time spent in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) has been identified as a...
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The Particulars: Anecdotal evidence suggests that less than half of first surgical cases of the...
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The Particulars: Postoperative delirium (PD) occurs in about 20% of elderly patients, according to...
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The Particulars: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is common among surgical patients....
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The Particulars: Data indicate that more than 80% of tonsillectomies are performed to correct...
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New research was presented at Anesthesiology 2013, the annual meeting of the American Society of...
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Opioid drug use in patients with chronic pain has been linked to psychological distress and...
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Private practice anesthesiology training appears to be preferred over academic rotations by...
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Studies indicate that sedation during bronchoscopy makes the procedure more comfortable for...
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Pain management is a critical component medical care for patients undergoing surgery, but studies...
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A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that many anesthesia drugs used for children are not...
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Arthroscopic and open repair of rotator cuff tears have been established in published research to...
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Inpatient mortality and pulmonary complications appear to be lower with regional anesthesia than...
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Paraparesis, paraplegia, and quadriplegia are potential complications of spinal cord surgeries or...
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A high-performance anesthesia delivery system (Arkon, OSI Systems) has received 510(k) marketing...
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In the United States, use of anesthesia during gastrointestinal endoscopies and colonoscopies...
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual meeting, Anesthesiology 2011, held on...
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Sleep deprivation has been shown to adversely affect clinical performance and impair psychomotor...
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