What the 'moral distress' of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions.
Feb 4, 2025
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Surgical Procedures, Operative: News and Research on Thoracic Surgical Procedures
MeSH tree: E04.928
Mortality lower with lung volume reduction surgery in emphysema, study finds
For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study presented at the annual ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Findings suggest lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema may have better outcomes than previously reported
As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did in the past—and they ...
Jan 27, 2025
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Surgeon preference factors into survival outcomes analyses for multi- and single-arterial bypass grafting
In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- versus single-arterial grafting may help explain the differing results between prior retrospective analyses ...
Jan 27, 2025
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Medicaid-insured heart transplant patients face higher risk of post-transplant complications, study finds
A new study led by UCLA Health highlights the link between socioeconomic disadvantage, Medicaid insurance, and poorer survival rates after heart transplantation.
Jan 24, 2025
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UV light–based cell therapy offers new hope for lung transplant patients, reducing rejection and infection risks
Researchers from the Vienna Lung Transplant Program of MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna have published the first prospective, randomized and controlled study on the use of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) in ...
Jan 9, 2025
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'A powerful connection': Researchers create choir of children born with heart condition
Each child had already undergone at least three open-heart surgeries. They'd endured countless hours in doctors' offices and hospitals after being born with a serious heart condition.
Dec 31, 2024
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What medical history can teach us about reports of personality changes after organ transplants
From vegetarians craving meat to changes in sexual preference, some organ transplant patients report changes to their personality reflecting those of the organ donor. A 2024 study claims to challenge "conventional views of ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Blood test reveals hearts at risk of rejection, negating need for tissue samples
A blood test can show whether a new heart is tolerated by the recipient and not rejected. This has been shown in a doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This means that heart transplant recipients can ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Community health workers spread across the US, even in rural areas
Kelly Engebretson was excited to get fitted for a prosthetic after having part of his leg amputated. But he wasn't sure how he'd get to the appointment.
Nov 11, 2024
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