Infection Main Cause of Nonrelapse Death With CAR T Therapy Infection Main Cause of Nonrelapse Death With CAR T Therapy
Infections, cardiopulmonary disease, and second cancers were among the leading causes of nonrelapse deaths in patients receiving CAR T-cell therapy, both in clinical trials and clinical practice.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - December 19, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
What Causes Obesity? More Science Points to the Brain What Causes Obesity? More Science Points to the Brain
A new way of looking at a misunderstood disease is revolutionizing treatments and transforming lives.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - December 18, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds?
(MedPage Today) -- Use of sterile gloves might not be necessary to prevent infections when treating wounds, a meta-analysis of randomized trials found.
Pooled results from four randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with moderate-certainty evidence... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - December 14, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: His Lower Arm is a Mess, but Specifically, What Kind of Mess?
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Source: MedPage Today Surgery - December 14, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
US Employers Hire Virtual Providers as Weight-loss Drug Gatekeepers US Employers Hire Virtual Providers as Weight-loss Drug Gatekeepers
U.S. employers facing surging costs from paying for Novo Nordisk ’s Wegovy and similar obesity drugs are hiring virtual healthcare providers like Teladoc to implement...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - December 13, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: General Surgery Source Type: news
Recurrence Rate of Colorectal Adenomas Reduced With Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
(MedPage Today) -- Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large colorectal adenomas resulted in a lower recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), but the more technically complex ESD had a higher rate of adverse events... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - December 11, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Nurses' Perceptions of Obstacles to End-of-Life Care Nurses' Perceptions of Obstacles to End-of-Life Care
How do nurses feel about the obstacles to providing end-of-life care? A survey of nurses working in critical access hospitals provides insight.American Journal of Critical Care (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - December 6, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Critical Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success
Two novel devices are similarly effective for tissue approximation of large endoscopic resection defects, but each has advantages.MDedge News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 30, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Hashimoto's Patients Felt Better for 5 Years After Thyroidectomy
(MedPage Today) -- Total thyroidectomy boosted patient-reported general health in euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis for up to 5 years, an extension of a randomized trial showed.
Measured via the Short Form-36 Health Survey, the big bump in quality... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 27, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Male vs Female Surgeons; China Beefs Up Fever Clinics; C. Diff Survives Disinfecting
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Patient-surgeon gender concordance may not make a difference in death rates after U.S. surgeries, according to a study in The BMJ.
Health officials in China are... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 27, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Mahvash Disease Case Resolved With Liver Transplantation
(MedPage Today) -- A woman with Mahvash disease presented with portal hypertension that necessitated liver transplantation; the liver complications observed in this case report distinguish it from what's more typically seen in patients with this... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 22, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Can You Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer? Can You Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer?
The doctors behind Outsmart Ovarian Cancer say “interception” begins with the fallopian tube, not the ovary as traditionally thought.WebMD (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 22, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology Expert Interview Source Type: news
Who's Deejaying in the OR? And What Are They Playing?
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Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, goes into the logistics of listening to music in the OR.
Do you have a favorite song you like to play while you work? Let us know in the comments.
Following is a partial transcript... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 21, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
First Generation TKIs in Adjuvant Setting of EGFR NSCLC First Generation TKIs in Adjuvant Setting of EGFR NSCLC
This article explores the question of whether there is a useful adjuvant strategy with first generation TKIs for EGFR mutated NSCLC.Chinese Clinical Oncology (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 17, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology Journal Article Source Type: news
The interaction between geriatric & neighborhood vulnerability: delineating pre-hospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients - Zogg CK, Falvey JR, Kodadek LM, Staudenmayer KL, Davis KA.
BACKGROUND: When presenting for EGS care, older adults frequently experience increased risk of adverse outcomes owing to factors related to age ('geriatric vulnerability') and the social determinants of health unique to the places in which they live ('neig... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
