Millions of orthopedic surgeries are performed globally every year, offering pain relief and restored mobility to patients.

October 15, 2012 — Patients receiving long-term dialysis who undergo major, nonemergent general surgery have an increased risk for postoperative complications and death, according to a large ...

Perioperative anemia and red blood cell transfusions are important risk factors for morbidity and mortality in cardiac ...

Key TakeawaysSome hospitals are better at recognizing delirium in elderly post-op patientsNearly all patients treated at hospitals certified for geriatric surgery were screened for deliriumOnly half ...

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) staff know that with limited health resources throughout Northwestern Ontario, it's very important they work together across all hospitals that ...

Postoperative delirium following noncardiac surgery was linked to a 3.5-fold higher risk for death or major complications, but low-cost interventions focusing on avoiding patient disturbances can ...

Although shared decision-making (the discussion of treatment options based on clinical evidence and a patient’s preferences and values) shows promise for reducing health care costs and increasing ...

Neuropathy trajectory informed by algorithm-based alerts from remote symptom monitoring (RSM) tool in breast cancer practice. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

In a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers assessed the impact of dendrimer nanotherapy in treating severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: Dendrimer ...