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Latest in Surgery
Left RightEarly intervention for asymptomatic mitral stenosis seen beneficial
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1:47 | Posted on Feb 1, 2012 in Cardiology, Cardiology: Interventional, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of preemptive percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) in asymptomatic patients with moderate mitral stenosis appear to outweigh the inherent risks of the procedure, a Korean team reports in the European...Novel short-term bicarbonate regimen shows promise for CIN prevention
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1:57 | Posted on Jan 31, 2012 in Cardiology, Nephrology, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), volume supplementation with sodium chloride 0.9% for 24 hours was more effective than a 7-hour regimen of sodium bicarbonate in a randomized study conducted in...Adjunctive beta-blocker therapy no help in preventing gastric variceal bleeding
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1:40 | Posted on Jan 30, 2012 in Gastroenterology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The effectiveness of gastric variceal obturation for controlling gastric variceal bleeding is not improved with the addition of non-selective beta-blocker therapy, a Taiwanese team reports in the Journal of Hepatology...Increased risk of bleeding complications when aspirin discontinued close to combined bypass and valve surgery
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1:26 | Posted on Jan 26, 2012 in Cardiology, Cardiology: Interventional, Critical Care, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Discontinuation of aspirin within 5 days of combined coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and valve surgery is associated with an increased risk of postoperative bleeding, compared with earlier...Fewer postop complications with laparoscopic endometrial cancer staging
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1:26 | Posted on Jan 25, 2012 in Ob/Gyn, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intraoperative complications are similar whether staging of endometrial cancer is performed laparoscopically or by laparotomy, but laparoscopy has the advantage when it comes to postoperative complications. That finding...
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No benefit seen with corticosteroids in neonatal heart surgery
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1:43 | Posted on Jan 25, 2012 in
Neonatology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Methylprednisolone does not improve outcomes in newborns undergoing cardiac surgery, and it may increase the risk of infection in some of those infants, according to the results of an observational analysis reported in the February issue of Pediatrics.
“These data reinforce...
Beta-blocker continuation after surgery linked to better outcomes
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1:28 | Posted on Jan 20, 2012 in
Cardiology, Critical Care, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Medical Students, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients on beta-blockers who undergo surgery are nearly twice as likely to experience adverse events in the following months if beta-blockers are discontinued, investigators report in the Archives of Surgery online January 16.
“A focus on beta-blocker continuation is a...
Small intraoperative blood transfusions seen detrimental
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1:51 | Posted on Jan 20, 2012 in
Medical Students, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The adverse effects of intraoperative blood transfusions are dose-dependent, and even relatively small amounts may worsen outcomes, according to a report in the January issue of the Archives of Surgery.
“The clear implication is that limiting intraoperative blood loss and...
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PCI safe before transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Withholding thienopyridines advised before cardiac surgery
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