Cardiology

Fewer hospitalizations for home-based cardiac rehab patients

Patients who participated in in-home cardiac rehabilitation had fewer hospitalizations over 12 months than patients who participated in center-based cardiac rehabilitation, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published ...

Surgery

Pre-op patterns can predict post-cardiac surgery constipation

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing cardiac surgery, preoperative constipation patterns are associated with postoperative constipation patterns, according to a study published online July 12 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Surgery

Pre-surgery exam rates vary widely among hospitals

Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an internal medicine specialist before major non-cardiac surgery, with rates ranging from five per cent of patients to 90 per cent, new research has found.

Cardiology

The aorta categorized as an independent organ for the first time

The aorta, also known as the main artery, is now categorized as an independent human organ. This has now been established in the guidelines for aortic surgical treatments of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery ...

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