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Penalties for high infection rates expected to be unfair

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 21:36

ORLANDO – Financial penalties designed to induce hospitals with high surgical site infection rates to improve this aspect of quality of care are lik... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 20:43

SAN FRANCISCO – Voriconazole increased the risk of squamous cell carcinoma by 73% in a review of 455 lung transplant patients at the University of C... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 20:43

SAN FRANCISCO – Voriconazole increased the risk of squamous cell carcinoma by 73% in a review of 455 lung transplant patients at the University of C... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Palliative surgery eases pain at end of life

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 17:29

HOUSTON – Palliative surgery can alleviate pain and improve the quality of life for patients dying from advanced cancers, without compromising perfo... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Physician-patient communication, terminology play important role in CPM decisions

Posted on: 30/03/2015 - 21:04

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The perception that one’s physician had recommended contralateral prophylactic mastectomy was a particularly important factor i... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Physician-patient communication, terminology play important role in CPM decisions

Posted on: 30/03/2015 - 21:04

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The perception that one’s physician had recommended contralateral prophylactic mastectomy was a particularly important factor i... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

New guideline outlines management of hip fractures in elderly patients

Posted on: 25/03/2015 - 16:11

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ new guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients targets problem area... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Stem cell divisions help dictate cancer risk

Posted on: 16/03/2015 - 16:33

The lifetime risk of many different types of cancer are correlated (0.81) with the total number of divisions of their tissue stem cells, a recent stud... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Acute renal failure biggest short-term risk in I-EVAR explantation

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 15:59

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Acute renal failure occurred postoperatively in one-third of patients who underwent endograft explantation after endovascular ab... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

mSTEADI: Better discharge-to-home rates in elderly fall patients

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 15:32

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Modifying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outpatient fall prevention program STEADI for inpatient use di... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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