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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: February 19, 2016
Patients who report receiving and using materials to help them prepare for surgery and its aftermath are less likely to be readmitted.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: February 18, 2016
Key clinical point: Cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis has been found to have a similar safety profile in obese and normal-weight patients.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: February 11, 2016
An enhanced recovery protocol after colorectal surgery all but eliminated differences in hospital stays between black and white patients.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: January 21, 2016
Key clinical point: A group approach to systematically review rejected donor organs has led to expanded donor criteria and resulted in improved do...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: January 21, 2016
Key clinical point: A new protocol that involves accelerated hemithoracic intensity modulated radiation before surgery for lung mesothelioma deliv...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: January 21, 2016
Key clinical point: Off-pump coronary artery bypass is associated with a significant reduction in the odds of stroke compared with conventional co...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: January 21, 2016
Key clinical point: Residual mild mitral valve regurgitation (MR) after implantation of the MitraClip device (Abbott Vascular) was associated with...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 15, 2015
Key clinical point: For newborns with critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) undergoing Norwood stage-1 procedures, Norwood wi...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 14, 2015
Key clinical point: Controversy surrounds the need for concomitant tricuspid valve repair with a mitral valve procedure and what parameters the de...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 14, 2015
Key clinical point: Aortic root replacement surgery can be performed with minimal risk of death and complications regardless of the approach taken....
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 2, 2015
Key clinical point: Patients readmitted after esophagectomy are at a greater than fourfold higher risk of death than patients who do not need read...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 2, 2015
Key clinical point: Transcatheter valve-in-valve (ViV) implantation is a relatively safe treatment for patients with a deteriorated bioprostheses....
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 2, 2015
Key clinical point: Outcomes with the Cox-Maze IV procedure for surgical ablation are superior to catheter ablation and other forms of surgical ab...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: December 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Pediatric heart transplantation outcomes for congenital heart disease haven’t improved in the current era, indicating on...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: November 5, 2015
Key clinical point: Delaying surgery until the onset of symptoms of aortic insufficiency is safe, in support of current clinical guidelines.
