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Continue Reading...By Laura Miller Here are eight steps for surgery center administrators to create a culture of growth and innovation at their facilities.1. Be proactive with your decisions. Many surgery centers boast high efficiency and some profit ...
Continue Reading...By Michael Smith Dexamethasone to control nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomy is not associated with higher rates of serious postoperative bleeding, researchers reported. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, the cortic ...
Continue Reading...By Todd Neale If historical trends hold true, the West Nile virus epidemic peaked some time in August, although numbers of cases continue to increase because of lags in detection and reporting. As of Sept. 11, the CDC had received repor ...
Continue Reading...By Christina Frangou Peritoneal irrigation offers no advantage over suction alone during laparoscopic surgery in children with perforated appendicitis, according to a prospective, randomized trial presented at the 132ndannual meeti ...
Continue Reading...By Christina Frangou Elderly patients who sign a preoperative “do not resuscitate” order are more likely to die from complications following surgery than matched controls because they turn down aggressive management of their complication ...
Continue Reading...Opossums may someday provide an antidote to nearly all forms of poison, including everything from snakebites to ricin. The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins has found that the American opossum produces a protein known as Lethal Toxin- ...
Continue Reading...The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, allowing Americans to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their homes. The OraQuick test from Orasure is designed to detect the ...
Continue Reading...ashington: Santiago Horgan, a robotic surgery expert, pioneered the removal of a diseased gallbladder through a patient`s belly button in 60 minutes, reports a study.It took Horgan just a single incision to do it, with the help of a new sur ...
Continue Reading...By Christina Frangou Surgeons and patients considering hernia surgery can now use a free app that predicts a person’s chance of experiencing chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair, based on the outcomes of nearly 1,700 patients ...
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