Using cardiac imaging during heart surgery can detect serious residual holes in the heart that may occur when surgeons repair a child's heart defect, and offers surgeons the opportunity to close those holes during the same ...
Dec 19, 2016
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Surgeons often decide to perform procedures because that's what's usually done, it's what they're taught, it sounds logical or it fits with observations from their own practice.
Oct 31, 2016
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A mild sedative could greatly reduce the risk of people experiencing delirium after an operation, according to new research.
Oct 14, 2016
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Researchers at VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS), in collaboration with Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University, have identified a simple test that takes about 2-3 minutes and can predict which ...
Sep 22, 2016
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New research presented at this year's World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong (28 Aug - 2 Sept) shows that patients who have surgery during the night are twice as likely to die as patients operated on during ...
Aug 30, 2016
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Among more than 15,000 patients who underwent cardiac surgery, slow gait speed before surgery was associated an increased risk of death following surgery, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.
May 11, 2016
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Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays in patient outcomes, according to a study by researchers at Rice University.
Apr 25, 2016
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(HealthDay)—A protocolized handover process correlates with a sustained reduction in the number of errors for children being transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) after cardiac surgery, according to a study published ...
Mar 24, 2016
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Two hospitals in Washington state are the latest to urge nearly 1,500 patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after a former surgery technician was charged with stealing and swapping a syringe in Colorado.
Mar 16, 2016
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According to a major Swedish cohort study from researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Imperial College London, a surgeon who operates on oesophageal cancer must have performed 60 operations to prevent any lack ...
Mar 8, 2016
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