Posts Tagged ‘post-operative care’
Frank Stinchfield Award: Does Bariatric Surgery Prior to Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Really Improve Outcomes?
Link: https://doi.org/S0883-5403(22)00101-2 Authors: Ryan, Sean P; Couch, Cory G; Duong, Stephanie Q; Taunton, Michael J; Lewallen, David G; Berry, Daniel J; Abdel, Matthew P Abstract: Optimal management of morbid obesity before total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains debated. Recently, bariatric procedures have become more common with advancements in surgical techniques. We hypothesized that bariatric surgery prior…
Read MoreIncreasing Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Readmission and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with IBD.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06746-w Authors: Faye, Adam S; Wen, Timothy; Soroush, Ali; Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N; Ungaro, Ryan; Lawlor, Garrett; Attenello, Frank J; Mack, William J; Colombel, Jean-Frederic; Lebwohl, Benjamin Abstract: Although age is often used as a clinical risk stratification tool, recent data have suggested that adverse outcomes are driven by frailty rather than chronological age. In…
Read MoreCharacterization of Patients Who Return to Hospital Following Discharge from Hospitalization for COVID-19.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06120-6 Authors: Somani, Sulaiman S; Richter, Felix; Fuster, Valentin; De Freitas, Jessica K; Naik, Nidhi; Sigel, Keith; , ; Bottinger, Erwin P; Levin, Matthew A; Fayad, Zahi; Just, Allan C; Charney, Alexander W; Zhao, Shan; Glicksberg, Benjamin S; Lala, Anuradha; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: Data on patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who return…
Read MoreIncreased mortality, morbidities, and costs after heart transplantation in heterotaxy syndrome and other complex situs arrangements.
Link: https://doi.org/S0022-5223(18)32970-2 Authors: Duong, Son Q; Godown, Justin; Soslow, Jonathan H; Thurm, Cary; Hall, Matt; Sainathan, Sandeep; Morell, Victor O; Dodd, Debra A; Feingold, Brian Abstract: Identify pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients with heterotaxy and other complex arrangements of cardiac situs (heterotaxy/situs anomaly) and compare mortality, morbidities, length of stay (LOS), and costs to recipients…
Read MoreNational Landscape of Unplanned 30-Day Readmissions in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
Link: https://doi.org/S0002-9149(18)30852-X Authors: Patel, Shanti; Poojary, Priti; Pawar, Sumeet; Saha, Aparna; Patel, Achint; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Correa, Ashish; Mondal, Pratik; Mahajan, Kanika; Chan, Lili; Ferrandino, Rocco; Mehta, Dhruv; Agarwal, Shiv Kumar; Annapureddy, Narender; Patel, Jignesh; Saunders, Paul; Crooke, Gregory; Shani, Jacob; Ahmad, Tariq; Desai, Nihar; Nadkarni, Girish N; Shetty, Vijay Abstract: The number of patients with…
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