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41 Meeting Meaningful Use Criteria and Managing Patient Populations: A National Survey of Practicing Physicians Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 6, 2013

42 Research uncovers formula for enhancing informed consent Full Text American Medical News, June 6, 2013

43 Metastatic breast cancer study shows success in finding new treatment Full Text ScienceDaily, June 6, 2013

44 Obesity surgery-diabetes study shows pros, cons Full Text USA Today, June 6, 2013

45 DDW 2013: GI Complications on the Rise From Ingestions of High-Powered Magnetic Balls by Children Full Text Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, June 6, 2013

46 Applied Medical - Kii® Advanced Fixation Full Text General Surgery News, June 6, 2013

47 Docs wild about iPad apps Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 5, 2013

48 Stories help patients make health decisions, MU researcher says Full Text EurekAlert!, June 5, 2013

49 Berkeley Lab researchers unlock mystery behind dormant breast tumor cells that become metastatic Full Text EurekAlert!, June 4, 2013

50 Despite living closer to better hospitals, black patients go to lower-quality hospitals Full Text EurekAlert!, June 4, 2013

51 Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer Full Text Reuters Health News, June 4, 2013

52 New drugs trail many old ones in effectiveness against disease Full Text Reuters Health News, June 4, 2013

53 Fine-Tuning Breast Cancer Treatments: What Works Better? Full Text HealthDay, June 4, 2013

54 States to Lose $8.4 Billion Without Medicaid Expansion Bloomberg News, June 4, 2013

55 Secure health data helping patients, doctors improve care and health HHS News Releases, June 4, 2013

56 Most Doctors Don't Meet U.S. Push for Electronic Records Bloomberg News, June 4, 2013

57 FCC, FDA, ONC seek input on mHealth regs Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 3, 2013

58 Beware: The top 4 hurdles to a successful EHR implementation Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 3, 2013

59 UK doctors and nurses that are injured while treating unconscious patients cannot test them for HIV due to lack of legal protection, while in most of Europe such testing is permitted Full Text EurekAlert!, June 3, 2013

60 Procedures saving limbs of more peripheral arterial disease patients Full Text ScienceDaily, June 3, 2013

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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain

As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.

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NT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery

As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.

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Increased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors

As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.

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1 Better care not always better business Healthcare IT News, May 22, 2013 Free full text

2 AMA: EHRs create 'appalling Catch-22' Healthcare IT News, May 6, 2013 Free full text

3 Burnout rampant in healthcare Healthcare IT News, May 2, 2013 Free full text

4 Doctors save Ohio boy by printing an airway tube Associated Press, May 23, 2013

5 Breakup of physician, drug company relationship could improve health care, cut cost EurekAlert!, May 21, 2013 Free full text

6 Harvard deploys big data for bio study Healthcare IT News, May 3, 2013 Free full text

7 Love may not be as elusive as some think, research says The Seattle Times, April 1, 2013 Free full text

8 3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts New Scientist, May 23, 2013

9 Slowing health-care costs may be here to stay The Seattle Times, May 8, 2013 Free full text

10 Implants May Delay Breast Cancer Detection, Raise Death Risk HealthDay, May 1, 2013 Free full text

11 Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years HealthDay, March 6, 2013 Free full text

12 Obamacare Unveiled as California, New York Lead U.S. Bloomberg News, May 29, 2013

13 Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury Associated Press, May 23, 2013

14 More than one-third of Texas women still receive unnecessary breast biopsy surgery EurekAlert!, May 20, 2013 Free full text

15 APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike The Seattle Times, April 15, 2013 Free full text

16 Pulling the plug: ICU 'culture' key to life or death decision NBC News, May 22, 2013

17 Heart device approval delays leave U.S. doctors frustrated Reuters Health News, May 29, 2013 Free full text

18 How Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Diabetes Control HealthDay, May 1, 2013 Free full text

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20 Using 'bacteria-eaters' to prevent infections on medical implant materials EurekAlert!, May 10, 2013 Free full text

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Surgery - General Medical News & Articles

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Clinical Pearls in Surgery

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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain

NT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery

Increased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors

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