(HealthDay)—More experienced surgeons are more confident in their assessments of perceived futility, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Sep 26, 2018
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say a study designed to see if reducing the amount of anesthesia reduces the risk of postoperative delirium in older patients surprisingly found that lighter sedation failed to do so in ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Although patients 65 years of age or older had more minor complications and longer hospital stays, they experienced improvements in their conditions after surgery for a herniated lumbar disk that were similar to those of ...
Feb 22, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Older trauma-injury patients are less likely to have major complications or die if they're treated at trauma centers that care for large numbers of older patients, according to a new study.
Jan 22, 2014
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A study suggests bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a group of predominantly older men, according to a report in the July issue of ...
Jul 16, 2012
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