Harold L Lazar
Harold L Lazar
In summary, poor perioperative glycemic control in patients undergoing CABG is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Maintaining serum glucose less than or equal to 180 mg/dL in patients with diabetes during CABG reduces morbid...
Use of computed tomography in the emergency room to evaluate blunt cerebrovascular injury [0.03%]
急诊科利用计算机断层扫描评估钝性脑血管损伤的应用
Nancy A Parks,Martin A Croce
Nancy A Parks
BCVI remains a potentially devastating consequence of blunt-force trauma. However, over the past decades significant advances have been made in understanding the pathophysiology, risk factors, and natural history of BCVI. Given the initial ...
Xiao-Min Yu,Ricardo Lloyd,Herbert Chen
Xiao-Min Yu
PTMC is being diagnosed with increasing frequency and generally has an excellent prognosis with less than 0.5% disease-specific mortality. Better prognostic stratification, especially for high-risk patients, helps to optimize surgical care....
John W Kunstman,Robert Udelsman
John W Kunstman
Because greater than 80% of spontaneous cases of primary hyperparathyroidism are caused by a single adenoma, BCE of the neck, which has long been the approach of choice, is being replaced. Focused parathyroidectomy has been made possible by...
Readmission rates after abdominal surgery: can they be decreased to a minimum? [0.03%]
腹部手术后再入院率：能否降至最低？
Thomas J Lee,Robert C G Martin nd
Thomas J Lee
The genetic counselor: an important surgical ally in the optimal care of the cancer patient [0.03%]
遗传咨询师在癌症患者治疗中的重要作用
Erin E Salo-Mullen,Jose G Guillem
Erin E Salo-Mullen
Genetic counselors and surgeons both have important roles in the care of patients with hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes. Surgeons have the initial responsibility to identify and refer high-risk patients. Genetic counselors' specia...
Novel management strategies in the treatment of severe Clostridium difficile infection [0.03%]
艰难梭菌所致重度腹泻的治疗新策略
Ibrahim Nassour,Evie H Carchman,Richard L Simmons et al.
Ibrahim Nassour et al.
CDI is increasing in incidence and severity. Clinicians must have a low threshold to consider the diagnosis and to treat patients with the clinical syndrome and risk factors before laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis. In patients who h...
Joseph L Bobadilla,K Craig Kent
Joseph L Bobadilla
Ruptured AAA ranks as the 15th leading cause of death overall in the United States, and the 10th leading cause of death in men older than 55 years. Early identification of AAA can save livesand diminish cost. Screening programs havebeen imp...
Ali Zarrinpar,Johnny C Hong
Ali Zarrinpar
In patients with failing liver grafts, hepatic retransplantation cannot be abandoned for the ethical and practical reasons that have been detailed previously. The current recommendations involve a strategy for risk stratification of retrans...
Eileen M Bulger,David B Hoyt
Eileen M Bulger
There is a wealth of preclinical data suggesting potential benefit from the administration of hypertonic solutions after severe injury with hypovolemic shock, including improved tissue perfusion, improved flow through the microcirculation, ...