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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: April 21, 2015
Key clinical point: Surgical lung biopsy is helpful to confirm interstitial lung disease in patients with unique signs and symptoms, but the benef...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: April 21, 2015
Cardiac surgeons must adapt to stay relevant in the future, and that means acquiring skills to perform percutaneous procedures
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: October 17, 2014
Key clinical point: Target pneumonia for prevention after emergency general surgery.
Major finding: Emergency operations account for only 15% of ...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 23, 2014
Key clinical point: Follow-up angiography and CT may not be necessary for trauma patients with blunt spleen injury because of the low rates of spl...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 23, 2014
Key clinical point: Gathering previously uncollected information on management of trauma-related vascular injuries can inform treatment and may im...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 23, 2014
Key clinical point: ACE-I and ARB medications may help obese trauma patients maintain trauma scores similar to nonobese patients.
Major finding: O...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 22, 2014
Key clinical point: Scheduling both ERCP and cholecystectomy on the same day reduces hospital stays and saves money.
Major finding: Patients who h...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 22, 2014
Key clinical point: In patients with lower GI hemorrhage, performing CT angiography before visceral arteriography can improve diagnostic accuracy ...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: October 19, 2011
Major Finding: Early kidney failure was associated with a 19-fold increased risk of multiple organ failure and a sixfold higher risk of death.Data...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: October 11, 2011
Major Finding: A "play or pay" policy for trauma centers offset the negative impact of a change in payer mix.Data Source: Some 2,815 patients in t...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: October 7, 2011
Major Finding: A fresh frozen plasma–to–red blood cells ratio greater than 0.4:1 can stanch bleeding without causing organ failure. Da...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: October 7, 2011
Major Finding: Trauma centers are losing major funding sources that subsidize care of undocumented immigrants. Data Source: Retrospective study of...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 29, 2011
Major Finding: Long-term survival in geriatric trauma patients may not be as poor as once thought. Almost two-thirds of the patients who survived ...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 28, 2011
Major Finding: The Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) is not a reliable indicator for determining resolution of ventilator-associated pneum...
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- Author:
- Richard M. Kirkner
Publish date: September 26, 2011
Major Finding: AAST study shows major trauma centers have higher VAP rates than do national benchmark data.Data Source: Retrospective analysis of ...
