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Keeping casts dry: A comparison of commercially available cast protectors using a mechanized short arm cast model.

Mar 15, 2021

Upper extremity fractures requiring cast immobilization are exceedingly common, especially in the pediatric population. Studies have shown improved outcomes when patients can participate in water-base...

Evaluation of Efficacy of Valsalva Maneuver During Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation on Pain.

Mar 15, 2021

  AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the Valsalva maneuver during peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion on procedure-related pain.This work was a prospective random...

The anesthetizing sites supervised to anesthesiologist ratio is an invalid surrogate for group productivity in academic anesthesia departments when used without consideration of the corresponding managerial decisions.

Mar 15, 2021

When the anesthesiologist does not individually perform the anesthesia care, then to make valid comparisons among US anesthesia departments, one must consider the staffing ratio (i.e., how many cases ...

Hospital academic status is associated with failure-to-rescue after colorectal cancer surgery.

Mar 15, 2021

Failure-to-rescue is a quality indicator measuring the response to postoperative complications. The current study aims to compare failure-to-rescue in patients suffering severe complications after sur...

Fasting habits over a 10-year period: An observational study on adherence to preoperative fasting and postoperative restoration of oral intake in 2 Dutch hospitals.

Mar 15, 2021

Since 1999, international guidelines recommend fasting from solid foods up to 6 hours and clear liquids up to 2 hours before surgery. Early recovery after surgery programs recommend restoration of ora...

High-risk surgery among older adults: Not-quite shared decision-making.

Mar 15, 2021

Shared decision-making is critical to optimal patient-centered care. For elective operations, when there is sufficient time for deliberate discussion, little is known about how surgeons navigate decis...

Post-Liver Transplant Early Allograft Dysfunction Modifies the Effect of Pre-Liver Transplant Renal Dysfunction on Post-Liver Transplant Survival.

Mar 11, 2021

Pre-liver transplant (LT) renal dysfunction is associated with poor post-LT survival. We aimed to study whether early allograft dysfunction (EAD) modifies the negative impact of pre-LT renal dysfuncti...

'Fat chance': a review of adipose tissue engineering and its role in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Mar 11, 2021

Soft tissue reconstruction remains a continuing challenge for plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Standard methods of reconstruction such as local tissue transfer and free autologous tissue transfer ...

Motorcycle crashes and upper extremity trauma.

Mar 11, 2021

Upper extremity injuries following motorcycle crashes (MCC) incur increased healthcare costs and rehabilitation needs. We aim to characterize the epidemiology of MCC upper extremity injuries and ident...

TISSUE ENGINEERING IN PLASTIC SURGERY - WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

Mar 11, 2021

The field of tissue engineering applies principles of engineering and life sciences for the development of functional biologic substitutes. The increasing need of tissue for challenging reconstructive...

The Association between Hospital-Physician Vertical Integration and Outpatient Physician Prices Paid by Commercial Insurers: New Evidence.

Mar 11, 2021

This study assessed the relationship between hospital ownership of physician organizations (known as hospital-physician vertical integration) and facility fees billed to commercial insurers and physic...

Proximal humerus fractures in COVID-19 lockdown: the experience of three orthopedics and traumatology departments in the first ten weeks of the Italian epidemic.

Mar 11, 2021

Coronavirus disease (CoVID-19) is causing millions of deaths worldwide and the crisis of the global healthcare system.  Aim Of The Study: evaluate the preliminary impact of CoVID-19 in three Italian ...

A more defective substrate leads to a less defective passive layer: Enhancing the mechanical strength, corrosion resistance and anti-inflammatory response of the low-modulus Ti-45Nb alloy by grain refinement.

Mar 11, 2021

Orthopedic and dental implants made of β-type Ti alloys have low elastic modulus which can better relieve the stress shielding effects after surgical implantation. Nevertheless, clinical application ...

Biologic treatments in Behçet's disease.

Mar 11, 2021

Behçet's disease (BD) significantly increases morbidity and mortality, especially in young men. While vascular involvement is the most frequent cause of mortality, ocular involvement, which can cause...

Improvement in EEG Source Imaging Accuracy by Means of Wavelet Packet Transform and Subspace Component Selection.

Mar 11, 2021

The electroencephalograph (EEG) source imaging (ESI) method is a non-invasive method that provides high temporal resolution imaging of brain electrical activity on the cortex. However, because the acc...

A Survey of the Global Impact of COVID-19 on the Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia: A Study from the Pediatric Anesthesia COVID-19 Collaborative Group.

Mar 11, 2021

Pediatric anesthesiology has been greatly impacted by COVID-19 in the delivery of care to patients and to the individual providers. With this study, we sought to survey pediatric centers and highlight...

Optimizing Motor Intention Detection With Deep Learning: Towards Management Of Intraoperative Awareness.

Mar 11, 2021

This article shows the interest in deep learning techniques to detect motor imagery (MI) from raw electroencephalographic (EEG) signals when a functional electrical stimulation is added or not. Impact...

Nudging patients and surgeons to change ambulatory surgery pain management: Results from an opioid buyback program.

Mar 11, 2021

Optimal postoperative opioid stewardship combines adequate pain medication to control expected discomfort while avoiding abuse and community diversion of unused prescribed opioids. We hypothesized tha...

Hypertonic saline solution decreases oxidative stress in liver hypothermic ischemia.

Mar 11, 2021

Liver ischemia reperfusion injury is still an unsolved problem in liver surgery and transplantation. In this setting, hypothermia is the gold standard method for liver preservation for transplantation...

30 Years of Heart Transplant: Outcomes after Mechanical Circulatory Support from a Single Center.

Mar 08, 2021

Survival after bridge to transplant with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) has yielded varying outcomes based on device type and baseline characteristics Continuous flow left ventricular assist dev...

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