Dia Rem Score to predict bariatric surgery related diabetes cure supriya kashyap kashyap26 April 2016 12:09 PM ISTMarlene Busko : A new tool, based on four simple clinical measures, called the Dia Rem score, may help identify which obese patients with type 2...
Doctors Disclosures of Clinical Adverse Events : JAMA Surgery supriya kashyap kashyap21 July 2016 7:18 PM ISTSurgeons who reported they were less likely to discuss preventability of an adverse event, or who reported difficult communication experiences, were...
Weight loss following bariatric surgery sustained long-term: JAMA Surgery savita thakur thakur1 Sept 2016 3:50 PM ISTObese patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) lost much more weight than those who did not and were able to sustain most of this weight...
Overuse of chemotherapy among younger patients with colon cancer: JAMA Surgery supriya kashyap kashyap30 Jan 2017 12:01 PM ISTYoung and middle-aged patients with colon cancer are nearly two to eight times more likely to receive postoperative chemotherapy than older patients,...
Patient complaints can identify surgeons with higher rates of bad surgical outcomes supriya kashyap kashyap18 Feb 2017 11:15 AM ISTRecording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site...
Study Examines Emergency Department Visits for Patients Injured by Law Enforcement in the US supriya kashyap kashyap19 April 2017 6:53 PM ISTFrom 2006 to 2012, there were approximately 51,000 emergency department visits per year for patients injured by law enforcement in the United States,...
Program Helps Reduce Risk of Delirium, Hospital Length of Stay for Older Patients Undergoing Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 May 2017 9:13 AM ISTOlder patients who underwent major abdominal surgery and received an intervention that included nutritional assistance and early mobilization were...
JAMA Study Examines Use of Fat Grafting for Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Jun 2017 11:00 AM ISTThe use of fat grafting as a tool for breast reconstruction following a mastectomy may improve breast satisfaction, psychosocial well-being, and...
Success with first 20 patients undergoing minimally invasive pancreatic transplant surgery: John Hopkins Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 July 2017 9:40 AM ISTSurgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that their first series of a minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic pancreas disease, known as severe...
Best results in Bariatric surgery in patients with BMI between 35 and 40 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 July 2017 11:00 AM ISTANN ARBOR, Mich: The struggle to escape obesity takes more and more Americans to a surgeon's door, in search of bariatric surgery they hope will...
Prescription Opioids Often Go Unused After Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTMore than two-thirds of patients reported unused prescription opioids following surgery, and safe storage and disposal rarely occurred, suggesting an...
C-section delivery associated with increased risk of complications from hysterectomy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Aug 2017 9:00 AM ISTHaving a previous cesarean delivery significantly increased the risk of reoperation and complications among women undergoing a hysterectomy later in...
