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26 Apr 2018 - UK Medical News Benefits of routine geriatric assessment in surgical patients
Routine geriatrician-led assessment of older emergency surgery patients resulted in additional diagnoses and interventions in 83%.
24 Apr 2018 - Clinical Summaries from Diabetes Care Diabetes, higher HbA1c tied to increased risk of adverse outcomes after surgery
Close monitoring during post-operative recovery is vital.
26 Apr 2018 - The Lancet - FULLTEXT The interactions between socioeconomic status and noncommunicable diseases
The Lancet Taskforce on NCDs and economics

Latest Updates

26 Apr 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from World J Urol Low-risk prostate cancer: RARP is not completely harmless
RARP worsens sexual function in a retrospective study.
26 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Acad Emerg Med Isolated costal margin tenderness in children with blunt torso trauma
If no other signs or symptoms of trauma, skipping CT may be safe.
26 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from BMC Neurol Predictors of poststroke pneumonia clarified
Meta-analysis of infection risks after stroke.
26 Apr 2018 - Conference Roundups AAN 2018—tPA safe the second time around
Clot-busting drug appears okay to use in recurrent strokes.
26 Apr 2018 - International Medical News World’s first penis and scrotum transplant
Testicles were not transplanted for ethical reasons.
25 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Transplant Proc CKD: new model predicts transplant donor risk
Study offers decision-making aid for patients, surgeons.
26 Apr 2018 - International Medical News Impact of health literacy on outcomes for day patients
There is a dearth of research on the associations between functional health literacy and post-op recovery in patients undergoing day surgery.
25 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from JAMA Ticagrelor plus aspirin for maintaining saphenous vein patency after CABG
Results of the randomized, open-label DACAB trial.
25 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Br J Surg Diverticulitis with extraluminal air: elective surgery somewhat better than observation
But observation is still a viable treatment option.
25 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Which factors predict endocrine remission after pituitary SRS?
Identifying predictors of clinical outcomes can help guide patient treatment.
24 Apr 2018 - UK Medical News Oxford ICU Candida outbreak linked to multi-use thermometers
Research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
25 Apr 2018 - International Medical News Syrian doctors being coerced into silence about chemical attack
An chemical attack earlier this month has left at least 70 people dead.
24 Apr 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from Gynecol Oncol Endometrial cancer: minimally invasive surgery shows QoL benefit
Laparoscopy and robotic-assisted surgery showed similar patient-reported outcomes.
24 Apr 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Stroke New score usable in ED predicts intracerebral hemorrhage expansion
Development and validation of an easy-to-use 3-parameter score.

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