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Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 16:55

The use of inpatient medical consultations for hospitalized surgical patients was found to vary by hospital, but consultations didn’t appear to have much of an impact on risk-adjusted 30-day...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 16:55

The use of inpatient medical consultations for hospitalized surgical patients was found to vary by hospital, but consultations didn’t appear to have much of an impact on risk-adjusted 30-day...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Most kneecap pain can be managed conservatively

Posted on: 24/07/2014 - 21:00

SEATTLE – In about 80% of patients, patellofemoral knee pain is due to muscular dysfunction and often responds to strengthening and other conservative measures, according to Dr. Christian Lattermann...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Tapping office IT boosts orthopedic patient–reported outcomes

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 21:00

PARIS – Combining e-mail and office-based technology garnered patient-reported outcomes from more than 90% of patients receiving orthopedic care, in an analysis of 18,073 physician-patient...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Recent knee injuries spark rapid cascade to joint failure

Posted on: 13/05/2014 - 18:00

PARIS – Recent knee injuries are strongly associated with accelerated knee osteoarthritis, according to an analysis from the prospective, multicenter <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Intraoperative wound anesthetic cut chronic pain after hip replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 19:05

PARIS – Adding local anesthetic to the wound during total hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis reduced chronic pain, according to a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. At 12 months...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

PCPs waffle in referrals for total joint replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:15

PARIS – Primary care physicians are only moderately confident about which patients to refer for total hip or knee replacement, according to cross-sectional survey of 218 physicians. One-quarter...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:05

PARIS – After total hip or knee replacement, men are at higher risk than women for heart attack, infection, and revision surgery, according to a large database analysis. The elevated risk was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Hold the immunomodulators for surgery? Maybe yes, maybe no

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 20:55

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – When patients on immunosuppressive therapies need surgery, the risks of disease flare and compromised postoperative recovery and rehabilitation must be weighed against the risk of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis doesn’t boost cardiovascular risk

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 17:40

SNOWMASS, COLO. – During a recent 15-year period in which the annual arthroplasty rate for osteoarthritis and other noninflammatory arthritides doubled, the arthroplasty rate for rheumatoid arthritis...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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