'Drug take back day' is Saturday: Check for leftover opioids in your home
Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain.
Apr 26, 2024
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Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain.
Apr 26, 2024
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A quality improvement (QI) initiative to standardize care for babies in the NICU following surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) correlated with fewer unplanned intubations and improved mortality rates.
Apr 25, 2024
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Frailty is a well-established predictor of complications and death after surgery. However, patients over 65 who undergo a high-risk operation in the emergency room are at significantly increased risk of postoperative complications ...
Apr 25, 2024
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A common practice of shoulder surgeons may be impairing the success of rotator cuff surgery, a new study from orthopedic scientists and biomedical engineers at Columbia University suggests. The work is published in the journal ...
Apr 25, 2024
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The risk for postoperative respiratory complications is similar among patients undergoing emergency surgery regardless of preoperative glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use, according to a research letter ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Researchers have created a thin film that combines an electrode grid and LEDs that can both track and produce a visual representation of the brain's activity in real-time during surgery—a huge improvement over the current ...
Apr 24, 2024
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The world's oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, recently died, aged 62.
Apr 22, 2024
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Hemorrhagic complications are uncommon after cranial epilepsy surgery, according to a study published online April 12 in World Neurosurgery.
Apr 18, 2024
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Medical students who report having a disability are less likely to match into a residency program, according to a new Yale study involving residency programs across the United States.
Apr 17, 2024
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Bariatric surgery has emerged as an effective means of reducing weight in morbidly obese individuals, while also significantly improving diabetes. Currently, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...
Apr 17, 2024
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