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Spinal Epidural Abscess: Delaying Decompression Up to 72 hours Negates its Benefits for Recovery

lukej March 27, 2024 No Comments

“Our study aims to investigate the benefits of striving for an available emergency operating room versus waiting for a scheduled elective surgery. We found that patients outside the 24-hour time…

DuraSeal: Increased Complication Rates in Chiari Malformation Surgery

lukej March 26, 2024 No Comments

“At the authors’ single center, use of sealants in posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty (PFDD) surgery for Chiari malformation type 1(CMI), especially DuraSeal, was correlated with a higher complication rate.…

Post-sepsis Syndrome: Consistent Pattern of Functional Disabilities

lukej March 25, 2024 No Comments

“Post-sepsis syndrome … is marked by a significantly increased risk of death and a poor health-related quality of life associated with a constellation of long-term effects that persist following the…

Leading Cause of Healthcare-associated Infections in Children with Cancer: Central Lines

lukej March 24, 2024 No Comments

“Clearly, children with cancer are at disproportional risk of line related sepsis and they should receive the super hydrophilic PICC lines and other central lines which substantially reduces the risk of…

Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Twice as Many Thrombectomies

lukej March 24, 2024 No Comments

During the peak of the outbreak in Manhattan, Dr. Weinberger reported, “We’re doing twice as many interventions for large vessel thromboses than usual…” Dr. Jesse Weinberger, a stroke neurologist and…

Cerebral Palsy and Line Sepsis: Defective Polyurethane and Silicone PICC Lines

lukej March 23, 2024 No Comments

“The results of this study, based on a contemporary cohort, confirm that proven sepsis has a major impact on neurodevelopmental outcome, independent of other risk factors,” states Dr. Luregn Schlapbach,…

Spinal Cord Injured Risk Factors for Decubitus Ulcers Prior to Rehabilitation

lukej March 22, 2024 No Comments

“It is impossible to achieve independence with self-care when you are an acute spinal cord injured patient with a Stage IV sacral decubitus ulcer. These patients need to be fixed…

“Prophylactic” Mid-urethral Sling Placement at Time of Hysterectomy: End of a Dark Era

lukej March 21, 2024 No Comments

“In patients with low-risk cervical cancer, simple hysterectomy was not inferior to radical hysterectomy with respect to the 3-year incidence of pelvic recurrence and was associated with a lower risk…

Decubitus Ulcer Management: The Importance of Plastic Surgeons

lukej March 20, 2024 No Comments

“Dr. Herbert Conway, plastic surgery, wrote about his experience with 1,000 cases of sacral, ischial, and trochanteric decubitus ulcer providing care for paralyzed Veterans at the Veterans Hospital, Bronx, New…

Hospital-acquired Sepsis “Warrants Expanded Investigation”

lukej March 19, 2024 No Comments

“Compared with patients with community-onset sepsis, patients with hospital-onset sepsis are twice as likely to require mechanical ventilation and ICU admission, have more than two times longer ICU and hospital…

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