While wait times for hip fracture surgery have been associated with mortality and are used worldwide as quality-of-care indicators, the threshold for when complication risks increase remains undetermined.
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While wait times for hip fracture surgery have been associated with mortality and are used worldwide as quality-of-care indicators, the threshold for when complication risks increase remains undetermined.
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Current risk calculators are not designed to predict the risk of cardiac-related complications among geriatric patients following non-cardiac surgery. In a recent study, researchers sought to design a new...
Researchers sought to determine the extent to which obesity influenced functional decline among participants who underwent cardiac surgery, and how this association was affected by age, in a recent study. ...
Although PCI is often used for symptom relief in patients with stable angina, there is no evidence from blinded, placebo-controlled trials showing the efficacy of the procedure in this population.
Gastric sleeve surgery is a popular bariatric surgery option in the United States. However, little is currently known about the 30-day mortality rates associated with same-day vs day-after discharge...
Previous studies have indicated that bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity. But does the insurance-mandated 6-month wait time help or hurt these candidates? A new study...
While obesity is known to change the shape and function of the heart, the impact of bariatric surgery and subsequent weight loss on cardiac structure and functioning are not well understood.
