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DEFUSE 3: Thrombectomy time window broadens
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- Jim Kling
LOS ANGELES – Results made it into guidelines released in the same session.
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Fetal fibronectin testing is infrequent
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- Jim Kling
Testing in women with suspected preterm labor was associated with higher maternal health care costs, but longer time to delivery.
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Budesonide fails to cut deaths in preemies
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- Jim Kling
At 18-22 months, infants receiving the drug had similar frequencies of neurodevelopmental disability.
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Prepregnancy obesity linked to bump in severe morbidity
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- Jim Kling
Among pregnant women, being underweight, overweight, or obese before pregnancy was linked to a small, but statistically significant, increased...
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2017 update to McDonald criteria loosens MS diagnosis somewhat
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- Jim Kling
Changes to the 2010 McDonald multiple sclerosis diagnostic criteria aim to promote earlier diagnosis and discourage misdiagnosis.
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Low caffeine in blood could be marker of early Parkinson’s
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- Jim Kling
Levels of caffeine and its metabolites have potential as a diagnostic screen for early Parkinson’s disease.
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Potential postthyroidectomy quality improvement metrics arise from study
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- Jim Kling
An analysis of U.S. thyroidectomies suggests incidence of hypocalcemia and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury might serve as good quality...
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REBOA improves survival for trauma patients
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Resuscitative endovascular occlusion of the aorta offers a less invasive alternative to resuscitative thoracotomy.
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In bariatric surgery, leak test may backfire
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – The provocative test conducted during bariatric surgery was associated with a doubled risk of anastomotic leaks over a period...
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Living liver donation safety supported in single-center study
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - A study has confirmed the finding of previous investigations that living liver donation yielded a low rate of severe...
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Enhanced recovery protocol applied to liver surgery reduced costs
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – A high-volume liver surgery center implemented an enhanced recovery protocol with positive results for patients and reduced...
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High-volume centers have lower costs for some pancreatic surgeries
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- Jim Kling
Centralization of some pancreatic operations could reduce costs, but the definition of “high volume” varies with surgery type.
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TAP an alternative to epidural for colorectal surgery
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Patients receiving a transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block had shorter hospital stays than those receiving epidurals in a...
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Acute cholecystitis guidelines need work
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – A review of cases at a single institution showed that the Tokyo Guidelines had poor sensitivity for detection of acute...
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Breast cancer margin guidelines reduced re-excisions, cost
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- Jim Kling
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Costs and re-excisions for invasive breast cancer were reduced after the implementation of the “no tumor on ink” in a single-...