News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 21, 2016
Key clinical point: Overall survival in stage III pancreatic cancer was better with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Major finding: Median survival with ...
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 14, 2016
When he and his partners evaluate new technology to assess whether they will invest, Dr. Shehab said he makes sure the innovator understands and can f...
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 11, 2016
MONTREAL – Inaccurate estimations of blood loss during surgery may render EBL inappropriate as a quality measure.
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 7, 2016
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously voted in favor of accelerated approval for a novel drug to treat primary biliary cholangitis...
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 6, 2016
Key clinical point: Adding chemotherapy to radiotherapy improved progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with low-grade glioma....
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 4, 2016
A hospital scoring system derived from examining high-volume, high-quality hospitals has good specificity in predicting which hospitals will have high...
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 4, 2016
Routine use of a trauma checklist may help increase the proportion of trauma patients who are discharged home from an emergency department.
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 4, 2016
An elastomeric pump delivering local anesthetic to the site of a ventral hernia repair can significantly reduce postoperative pain.
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 4, 2016
An elastomeric pump delivering local anesthetic to the site of a ventral hernia repair can significantly reduce postoperative pain.
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: April 1, 2016
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: March 31, 2016
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: March 25, 2016
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: March 23, 2016
Key clinical point: Almost half of surgical small bowel obstruction lawsuits involved a payout of a median $1.1 million.
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: March 19, 2016
News Author: Kari Oakes Publish date: March 13, 2016
Key clinical point: Outcomes were similar whether patients did or didn’t stop clopidogrel before major surgery.
Major finding: No significan...
