News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 16, 2013
Major Finding: General surgeons who performed 132 elective operations after a night on call had no increased complications, readmissions, or death...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 15, 2013
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 9, 2013
Major Finding: ICD or pacemaker recipients with a PFO had a 4.6-fold increased risk of stroke or TIA.Data Source: A review of 6,086 patients at th...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 3, 2013
Major Finding: Removal of a colorectal tumor and synchronous liver metastases in a single operation or in two staged surgeries had equal outcomes....
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 2, 2013
Major Finding: A computer program for calculating insulin doses for postsurgical patients cut hyperglycemic episodes by 50%, and hypoglycemic epis...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 2, 2013
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: January 2, 2013
Major Finding: Seven percent of surgical ICU patients stayed for more than 10 days but accounted for 41% of the costs.Data Source: A review of 6,0...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 27, 2012
Major Finding: Among Florida’s severely injured patients in 2010, 93% of children, 85% of adults, and 41% of elderly went to trauma centers....
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 14, 2012
Major Finding: Among patients who underwent a primary anastomosis, the incidence of major complications during 30 days of follow-up was 13% in the...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 13, 2012
Major Finding: The triage tool had sensitivity of 93%-100%, but its specificity for identifying low- or intermediate-risk children was 11%-13%.Dat...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 13, 2012
Major Finding: From 2005 to 2009, the percentage of hospitalized U.S. patients with a ruptured AAA who underwent EVAR grew from 10% to 25%.Data So...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 12, 2012
Major Finding: Oral antibiotic preparation before colorectal surgery cut hospital readmissions by 19% compared with no preparation.Data Source: A ...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 12, 2012
Major Finding: Bariatric surgery was linked to a 64% decrease in macro- and microvascular events compared with no surgery in obese type 2 diabetes...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 11, 2012
Major Finding: Prasugrel use post PCI in Michigan grew from 8% of patients to 22% from early 2010 to late 2011.Data Source: A review of 55,821 pat...
News Author: Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD Publish date: December 4, 2012
Major Finding: Left bundle branch block post MI was linked to a 2.7-fold increased cardiovascular death rate, compared with right bundle branch bl...
