Kerri Wachter

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Outcomes Data Used to Assess Residents' Surgical Skills

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: July 5, 2012

Major Finding: There was no difference in the overall 30-day mortality between the surgery patient groups with (0.18%) and without (0.20%) residen...

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FDA Warns of Seizure Risk With Cefepime

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: July 3, 2012

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Test IDs Bloodstream Bacteria in Under 3 Hours

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 27, 2012

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FDA Panel Backs MarginProbe Breast Cancer Detection Device

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 22, 2012

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Hospital Procedure Volume May Not Capture Facility Quality

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 14, 2012

Major Finding: Hospital procedure volume is not significantly associated with in-hospital mortality for four common surgical procedures.Data Sourc...

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FDA Approves Pertuzumab for Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 11, 2012

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SLN-Negative Breast Cancer Has Low Regional Recurrence

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 11, 2012

Major Finding: The 3-year cumulative incidence rate for regional recurrence of SLN-negative early-stage breast cancer was 0.003 and the rate at 5 ...

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Older Patients Benefited Most From EVAR

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 11, 2012

Major Finding: The number of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs increased more than 50% in patients aged 80 years and older.

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High Morbidity Rate Associated With Duodenal Switch Procedure

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: June 1, 2012

Major Finding: Overall, 40% of patients had reoperations and 14% had two or more reoperations.

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Race, Sex Affect Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: May 29, 2012

Major Finding: In adjusted multivariate analyses, black patients had a significantly greater mortality risk (67%), a significantly longer mean len...

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Race, Sex Affect Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: May 29, 2012

Major Finding: In adjusted multivariate analyses, black patients had a significantly greater mortality risk (67%), a significantly longer mean len...

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Ob.Gyns. Don't Always Perform Cystoscopy

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: May 23, 2012

Major Finding: Ninety-five percent of survey respondents reported that they routinely perform cystoscopy after doing a retropubic midurethral slin...

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Anal Incontinence Linked to Vaginal Delivery With Laceration

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: May 22, 2012

Major Finding: Nineteen percent of women who had vaginal delivery and anal sphincter laceration met the criteria for anal incontinence according t...

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States Don't Measure Up on Injury Prevention

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: May 22, 2012

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Role of DNRs in Elderly Patients' Outcomes Analyzed

Author:: Kerri Wachter

Publish date: May 22, 2012