Articles Tagged With: complications
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Should Acute Appendicitis Be Managed Without Appendectomy?
A retrospective cohort study that used national insurance claims data found patients with acute appendicitis who were treated nonsurgically had higher rates of complications and higher overall cost of care.
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Does Every Woman Deserve a High-volume Gynecologic Surgeon?
Generally, gynecologic surgical complications are higher with lower-volume surgeons.
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Sickle Cell Emergencies
This article provides an overview of the most frequently encountered complications associated with sickle cell disease seen in the emergency department. It will discuss recent guidelines and novel approaches to the treatment of entities such as acute chest syndrome, vaso-occlusive crisis, and stroke, as well as new treatments on the horizon.
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Diabetes Microvascular Complications
Diabetes mellitus is expensive, but most of the costs are attributed to complications and hospital care. This article will review the recommendations from the ADA 2017 Standards of Care for microvascular complications and relevant position statements, and will highlight preventive screening and clinical pearls for the primary care physician treating patients with diabetes.
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a lethal complication of measles that is not as rare as previously believed.
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Pediatric Surgical Risk Calculator Released
For many of the most common U.S. pediatric operations, the new Pediatric Surgical Risk Calculator provides an individualized estimate of the chance of a young patient experiencing postoperative complications, according to research findings appearing online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The calculator is from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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Tactical Teams Get Results for Hospital
Tactical quality improvement teams have helped a Georgia hospital reduce complications and length of stay so much that the savings amounted to more than $12 million over one year.
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Pre-Surgery Optimization Clinic Supports Patients at High Risk for Complications
PinnacleHealth in Harrisburg, PA, is opening its PinnacleHealth Surgery Optimization Clinic to all high-risk orthopedic surgery patients, followed by high-risk surgical patients in other service lines by year’s end.
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Identify Contraceptive Considerations For Female Patients Who Have Diabetes
What should clinicians keep in mind when providing family planning for women with diabetes? Not only are these women at increased risk of macrovascular complications, microvascular complications, and metabolic syndrome, but the reproductive health implications they face include effects on fertility, vaginitis, urinary tract infections, maternal risks, and neonatal risks, says Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS, professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis.
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T&A in inpatients versus ambulatory patients
There are a significant number of pediatric patients who have tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in ambulatory settings despite the higher rates of complications in younger patients and patients with more comorbidities, according to recently published research.