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Clots traveling from lower veins may not be the cause of pulmonary embolism in trauma patients
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism (PE) - the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs - is caused ...
Long-term survival from abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improving
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Long-term survival for patients undergoing surgical repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms has improved in recent decades, according to a Swedish study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Implementation of acute care surgery service provides more timely patient care
Oct 09, 2009 |
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A new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that the establishment of an acute care surgery service can help surgeons at academic medical centers provide more timely ...
Threshold for bowel surgery may be too high, warn experts
Oct 31, 2007 |
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The clinical threshold for undertaking elective surgery to remove part or all of the colon (colectomy) for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be too high, warn researchers in a study published on bmj.com today.
Safety in numbers for community hospitals performing emergency angioplasty
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Heart experts at Johns Hopkins have evidence that life-saving coronary angioplasty at community hospitals is safer when physicians and hospital staff have more experience with the procedure.
Man survives 16 days without heart
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Doctors in Taiwan say a 60-year-old man survived 16 days without a heart while awaiting transplant surgery.
Need for emergency airway surgery for hard-to-intubate patients reduced
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Be prepared, that old Boy Scout motto, is being applied with great success to operating room patients whose anatomy may make it difficult for physicians to help them breathe during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers report ...
Doctors' bedside skills trump medical technology
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Sometimes, a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, a Loyola University Health System study has found.
Roux-en-Y weight loss surgery raises kidney stone risk
Jun 17, 2009 |
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The most popular type of gastric bypass surgery appears to nearly double the chance that a patient will develop kidney stones, despite earlier assumptions that it would not, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study. ...
Wait times for surgical repair of hernias among infants and young children
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Longer wait times for surgical repair of inguinal hernias in infants and young children under the age of 2 were associated with more emergency department visits and a greater risk of incarcerated hernia, found a study published ...
Trauma 411: Prolonged surgery should be avoided in certain cases
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Trauma patients who sustain multiple fractures are often in serious condition when they arrive at the emergency department. A review article published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of ...
New research projects shortage of general surgeons by 2010
Dec 01, 2008 |
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In less than two years, there may not be enough surgeons in U.S. hospitals to treat the critically injured or chronically ill.
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