The Exeter Primary Outcome Study (EPOS) was a multi centre prospective cohort study of outcome after primary THR. Patients were consecutively recruited between January 1999 and January 2002 at seven ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a guidance warning about the dangers of opioid-induced respiratory depression (“OIRD”) and required the following actions be taken: Timely ...

Postoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is not linked to reduced rates of surgical site infections and other resource ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess the prevalence of normal thyroid function 3 years post-thyroidectomy among patients with thyroid cancer.

Here are five ways to improve patient experience and ambulatory surgery center operations after surgery. 1. Track post-surgical wound infections. Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations for ...

Doctors performing surgery on a high-risk patient in Gisborne were not aware of health information that could have made the ...

The following article appeared in the July 2010 issue of Connection, the bi-monthly e-newsletter from the AAAHC.Q: As a Medicare-certified ASC, can the recovery room be used simultaneously for ...

Recently, while preparing an updated presentation to the Saint Louis University cardiology fellows on "diastolic dysfunction," the Skeptical Cardiologist came across a document entitled "What Does ...