October 2017 Briefing - Surgery

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for October 2017. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice.

Culprit-Lesion-Only PCI Tied to Improved 30-Day Outcomes

TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit lesion is associated with better 30-day outcomes than immediate multivessel PCI among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, being held Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 in Denver.

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Focused US Thalamotomy Effective in Tremor-Dominant PD

TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease (TDPD), unilateral focused ultrasound (FUS) thalamotomy is associated with improvements in tremor scores, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in JAMA Neurology.

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Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year

TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Depressive symptoms increase during the internship year for training physicians, with a greater increase among women, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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PCP Has Vital Role in Managing Pediatric Heart Disease

MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Primary care providers (PCPs) and medical homes (MHs) have a role to play in the management of pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and their families, according to a policy statement published online Oct. 30 in Pediatrics.

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Treatment for Stage I NSCLC Patients Up From 2000 to 2010

FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the odds of receiving radiation therapy (RT) or surgery increased from 2000 to 2010, with improved survival during the same period, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

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Multidisciplinary Model Cuts Treatment Delay in Head, Neck CA

FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with head and neck cancer, a multidisciplinary head and neck clinic model is associated with reduced treatment delay, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

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Post-Op Complications Low for Orbital Floor Fracture Repair

FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing orbital floor fracture repair, total operative time and postoperative complications are similar for cases performed by plastic surgeons versus ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeons, according to a research letter published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.

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Afternoon Heart Surgery Linked to Better Patient Outcomes

FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing aortic valve replacement, perioperative myocardial injury occurs more with morning surgery than with afternoon surgery, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in The Lancet.

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70-Gene Signature Impacts Treatment Decisions in Breast CA

FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The 70-gene signature (GS) assay affects treatment decisions among physicians treating patients identified as being at intermediate risk with the 21-gene assay (21-GA), according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Oncology.

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Cataract Surgery Associated With Reduced Mortality in Women

THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For older women with cataract, cataract surgery is associated with lower all-cause and cause-specific mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

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Better Outcomes With Transoroal Robotic Surgery Alone in OPSCC

THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), transoral robotic surgery (TORS) alone is associated with improved outcomes versus TORS followed by adjuvant treatment, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

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Recommendations Developed for Trial of Labor After C-Section

THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Recommendations have been developed for trial of labor after cesarean delivery (TOLAC) for women who wish to achieve a vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC), according to a practice bulletin published online Oct. 24 in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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Gifts From Pharma Companies Influence Prescribing Behavior

THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Receipt of gifts from pharmaceutical companies is associated with more prescriptions per patient and more costly prescriptions, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in PLOS One.

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Surgery Reduces Seizures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery can improve freedom from seizures, and among adults with drug-resistant focal epilepsy undergoing surgery, hippocampal sclerosis is the most common histopathological diagnosis, according to two studies published online Oct. 25 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Most Patients Satisfied With Relationship With Physician

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Results of the Physicians Foundation 2017 Patient Survey show that most patients are satisfied with their overall relationship with their physician, according to an article published by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Robotic Radical Nephrectomy Becoming More Common

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- From 2003 to 2015 there was an increase in use of robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a separate study, researchers found that robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery for resection of rectal adenocarcinoma does not significantly reduce the risk of conversion to open surgery when compared with conventional laparoscopy.

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Early Transfusion Tied to Lower Mortality in Combat Casualties

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Blood product transfusion pre-hospital or within minutes of injury is associated with improved survival among medically evacuated U.S. military combat casualties in Afghanistan, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Alterations in Gut Microbiome Noted Within 72 Hours of Injury

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Critically injured patients develop changes in the composition of the gut microbiome within 72 hours, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.

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DEA Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs on Oct. 28

TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The public is being given its 14th opportunity to safely dispose of pills and patches at collection points operated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and its partners.

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Swedish Massage May Reduce Cancer-Related Fatigue

TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Swedish massage therapy (SMT) is associated with clinically significant relief from cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in breast cancer survivors, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in Cancer.

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Design Thinking Enables Med Students to Solve Challenges

MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A joint effort between students at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is training future physicians in design thinking to help identify and repair health system issues that contribute to physician burnout, according to an article by the American Medical Association.

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Psychosocial Intervention May Boost Hospitalization Satisfaction

MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A brief psychosocial intervention in which physicians ask inpatients about their current situation and respond empathetically appears to improve the hospitalization experience, according to a study published in the October issue of Family Medicine.

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Clinician Job Satisfaction Linked to Improved Burnout Scores

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Clinicians' job satisfaction is associated with improved burnout scores and reduced intention to leave their practices, according to a study published in the October issue of Health Affairs.

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In Norway, Risk of SCC After Organ Transplant Has Fallen

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For organ recipients in Norway, the risk of skin cancer, particularly squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), has decreased since the mid-1980s, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in JAMA Dermatology.

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Melanoma Staging Undergoes Evidence-Based Revision

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) melanoma staging system has been revised, according to a report published online Oct. 13 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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Conditions Tied to Clinician Dissatisfaction Are Modifiable

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Modifiable conditions, like chaos, incohesiveness, and lack of communication, contribute to unsatisfying workplaces for clinicians, according to a study published in the October issue of Health Affairs.

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Uninsurance Down by One-Third for Cancer Diagnoses in 2014

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In the first year of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there was a relative decrease of one-third in uninsurance among adults with new cancer diagnoses, according to a research letter published online Oct. 19 in JAMA Oncology.

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MACE Risk Similar for White Men, Women, Minorities After PCI

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Women and minorities undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with everolimus-eluting stents have a risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) that is similar to that of white men, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in JAMA Cardiology.

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More Penalties With Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Transition from a condition-specific to a hospital-wide readmission measure would result in a modest increase in the number of hospitals eligible for readmission penalties and would substantially increase penalties for safety-net hospitals, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Key Stakeholders Discuss How to Make EHRs More Usable

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Key stakeholders and physicians discussed electronic health record (EHR) usability and optimization in the American Medical Association Running Your Practice Community.

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New Expert Consensus Pathway for Mitral Regurgitation

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Identification of mitral regurgitation (MR) should prompt evaluation of its etiology, mechanism, severity, and indications for treatment, according to an expert consensus decision pathway published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Oral Antibiotics Cut Risk of SSI in Colorectal CA Resection

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing left colon and rectal cancer resections, the addition of oral antibiotics to mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) is associated with a reduced rate of surgical site infections (SSIs), according to a study published online Oct. 18 in JAMA Surgery.

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Sharing Passwords Is Widespread Among Medical Staff

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Sharing of passwords to access electronic medical records is common among medical staff members, according to a study published in the July issue of Healthcare Informatics Research.

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Men Now Comprise ~10 Percent of RN Workforce

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The increasing participation of men in registered nursing can be attributed to multiple factors, including increasing educational attainment, rising labor demand in health care, and liberalizing gender role attitudes, according to a working paper published by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

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Appropriate Use Criteria Developed for Aortic Stenosis Tx

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Appropriate use criteria (AUC) have been developed for the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), according to a report published online Oct. 17 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Overall Survival Up for Melanoma Brain Metastases

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Overall survival (OS) for patients with melanoma brain metastases (MBM) has improved significantly since 2000, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in Cancer.

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Machine Learning Model Predicts Risk of Upgrade to Breast CA

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A machine learning model can predict the risk of upgrade of high-risk breast lesions (HRLs) to cancer, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in Radiology.

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Mortality Up for Male Recipients of Blood From Ever-Pregnant

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For males, receipt of a red blood cell transfusion from an ever-pregnant female is associated with increased rate of all-cause mortality compared with a male donor, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Thrombosis Odds Up With Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVSs) are associated with increased odds of scaffold thrombosis and other thrombotic events compared with everolimus-eluting metallic stents (EESs), according to a review published online Oct. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Female Physicians May Be Especially at Risk of Burnout

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Female physicians are more burned out than their male colleagues, but there are steps they can take to reduce the stress associated with burnout, according to a blog post published in Medical Economics.

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Ketamine Not Linked to PTSD in Military Trauma Setting

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Ketamine administration is not associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the military trauma setting, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in Anaesthesia.

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Online Ratings Not Aligned With Objective Quality Measures

MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Online consumer ratings of specialist physicians do not predict objective measures of quality of care or peer assessment of clinical performance, according to a study published online Sept. 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

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Most Female Physicians Have Faced Sexist Patient Comments

MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Most female physicians have been sexually harassed by patients at some point in their careers, according to a blog post published in Medical Economics.

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Increase in Rate of Breast Reconstruction for Mastectomy

MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- From 2009 to 2014 there was an increase in the population rate of breast reconstruction for mastectomy, which was seen for all age groups, according to a report published in an October Statistical Brief of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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Model Predicts Cost-Effectiveness for Anal Lesion Treatment

MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Cost-effective management of precancerous anal intraepithelial lesions in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) varies by age, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in Cancer.

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Serious Suffering Affects Almost Half of Those Who Die Yearly

FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In 2015, more than 25.5 million people who died worldwide experienced serious health-related suffering (SHS), and the vast majority lacked access to palliative care and pain relief, according to a report published online Oct. 12 in The Lancet.

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Quality Issues for Both Paper-, Electronic-Based Health Records

FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Both paper-based and electronic health records (EHRs) have shortcomings in terms of quality of content, process, and structure, with poor quality of nursing documentation seen for both methods, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

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U.S. Filipinos Have Higher Thyroid Cancer Mortality

FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Filipinos die of thyroid cancer at higher rates than non-Filipino Asian (NFA) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) individuals of similar ages, according to a study published online Sept. 7 in Cancer.

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Across U.S., Wide Variation Seen in Thyroidectomy Rates

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- There is wide variation in thyroidectomy rates among Medicare beneficiaries nationally, suggesting widely divergent local practice patterns for the management of thyroid nodules and cancer, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

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Virtual Planning May Help With Nasal Obstruction Surgery

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Otolaryngologists report an overall positive experience with a virtual surgery planning tool for nasal airway obstruction (NAO), according to a study published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.

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Genetic Variant Tied to Prostate Cancer Outcomes

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The HSD3B1 (1245C) allele is associated with more rapid development of metastases in men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer, and it predicts response to nonsteroidal CYP17A1 inhibition, according to two studies published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Oncology.

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Court Considering Fate of Noneconomic Damages Cap

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether it will hear a case that will determine the fate of the state's $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages, according to an article published by the American Medical Association (AMA).

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New System Streamlines CME Credit Approval Process

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) have launched a new performance improvement activity credit reporting process called the AAFP Credit System, according to an article published by the AAFP.

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Six-Month Tai Chi Program Improves Physical Activity in CHD

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A six-month tai chi program is safe and improves physical activity (PA), weight, and quality of life for patients with coronary heart disease who decline to enroll in cardiac rehabilitation, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Low-Cost Services a Major Player in Unnecessary Health Spending

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The costs associated with low-cost, low-value health services are nearly twice as high as those of high-cost, low-value services, according to a study published in the October issue of Health Affairs.

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30-Day Mortality Lower With Female Surgeons

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Patients treated by female surgeons have a small but significant decrease in 30-day mortality compared with patients treated by male surgeons, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in BMJ.

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Physician Salaries Appear to Be Flat or Declining

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Anecdotally, physician career coaches report that physician salaries are flat at best, according to an article published in Medical Economics.

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Medical License Questions Sway Doctors' Mental Health Help

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Medical licensure application questions (MLAQs) regarding mental health contribute to physicians' reluctance to seek help for mental health, according to a study published in the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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New Tool IDs Mortality Risk After Bladder Cancer Surgery

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A new risk-stratification tool is able to estimate mortality in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) after cystectomy, according to a study published online Sept. 7 in Cancer.

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Educational Intervention in Hospital Can Cut Catheter Use

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A simple multimodal educational intervention targeting nurses and physicians can reduce mean catheter days per patient (CDPP) and the proportion of patients catheterized, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

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Critical Care Nurses Should Be Prepared for Open Abdomen

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Critical care nurses need to be prepared to manage patients with open abdomen, according to a report published in the October issue of Critical Care Nurse.

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Guide Offers Doctors Tips for Choosing a Health System

TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A guide has been developed to assist physicians considering joining a physician-led integrated health system, according to a report published by the American Medical Association (AMA).

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Medicare Coverage Restrictions for Opioids Rose From '06 to '15

TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to restrict daily allowable prescribed dosing of prescription opioids, Medicare Part D formularies increasingly used quantity limits and prior authorization from 2006 to 2015, according to a research report published online Oct. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Medial Temporal Lobe Surgery Linked to Prevalence of Tinnitus

TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with epilepsy undergoing medial temporal lobe (MTL) surgery have increased prevalence of tinnitus compared with controls and participants with self-reported epilepsy (SRE), according to a research letter published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Neurology.

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Novel Metrics Suggested for Assessing EHR Use

TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Novel metrics have been developed to assess electronic health record (EHR) use and are described in an opinion article published online Oct. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Adding Albumin to Risk Score Improves Mortality Prediction

MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Serum albumin, as a marker of frailty, can significantly improve the ability of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE-2) scores to predict transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)-related mortality, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

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2016 Physician Quality Reporting System Reports Available

MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the 2016 annual Quality and Resource Use reports have been released for individuals and group practices, according to a report published by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Injured Patients Want More Info on Safety Improvement Efforts

MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Communication-and-resolution program (CRP) experiences are positive overall for a small majority of patients and families, but they report that hospitals rarely share information about preventing recurrences, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Negative Margins, Lymph Node Yields Predict Survival

MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Patients treated at hospitals that attain a high rate of negative margins and lymph node yields (LNY) of at least 18 have improved survival after surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), according to a study published online Oct. 5 in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

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Reduction Mammaplasty Linked to Improved HRQoL in Teens

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents with macromastia, reduction mammaplasty is associated with significant improvements in health-related quality of life and breast-related symptoms, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in Pediatrics.

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Short-Lived Benefits for Abusive Supervisory Behavior

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Engaging in abusive supervisory behavior may be associated with short-term beneficial effects, but over longer periods of time, abusive supervisory behavior is negatively related to supervisors' recovery level and engagement, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in the Academy of Management Journal.

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Longer Anesthesia Duration Tied to More Surgical Complications

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Increased anesthesia duration is associated with significantly increased rates of surgical complications, especially the need for postoperative transfusion, among patients undergoing microvascular reconstruction of the head and neck, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.

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Stronger Nocebo Effect When Inert Rx Labeled As Expensive

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Nocebo hyperalgesia is stronger when an inert treatment is labeled as being an expensive medication rather than a cheap one, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in Science.

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Most Cancer Drugs Approved in Europe Show No Survival Benefit

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Most cancer drugs that enter the market in Europe have no evidence of benefit for survival or quality of life, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in BMJ.

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Liver Cancer Remains a Major Public Health Burden Globally

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Causes of primary liver cancer differ widely among populations globally, but most cases can be prevented, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in JAMA Oncology.

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21 Percent of Americans Report Experiencing a Medical Error

THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- More than one in five patients report having experienced a medical error, according to a survey released Sept. 28 by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)/National Patient Safety Foundation Lucian Leape Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Reasons Physicians Are Delaying Retirement Vary

THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians are delaying retirement, often because they feel they are providing a useful service to patients or because of concerns about social interaction in retirement, according to an article published online Sept. 25 in Medical Economics.

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Health Literacy Linked to Length of Stay After Abdominal Surgery

THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, lower health literacy levels are independently associated with longer index hospitalization length of stay, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in JAMA Surgery.

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Delivery Characteristics Predict Early-Onset Sepsis Risk

THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Delivery characteristics of extremely preterm infants can be used to identify those with significantly lower incidence of early-onset sepsis (EOS), according to a study published online Oct. 5 in Pediatrics.

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Pay Inequality, Work-Life Balance Top Concerns for Female Docs

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Many female physicians report feeling disadvantaged when negotiating contracts and feel that they are assessed for promotion using different criteria than those used for men, according to a report published by the American Medical Association (AMA).

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Patient Factors Differ for Surgical, All-Cause Readmission

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA), factors associated with 30-day readmission resulting in return to theater (RTT) include comorbidities likely to affect patient behavior, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in JAMA Surgery.

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Insurance Type Linked to Surgery Delay in Melanoma

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Patients diagnosed with melanoma are more likely to have treatment delays if they are nonwhite or on Medicaid, while delays are less likely for patients diagnosed or treated by a dermatologist, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in JAMA Dermatology.

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Provider Advice Impacts Breast Cancer Prevention Decisions

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For patients at high risk for breast cancer, health care provider (HCP) recommendation is the most important factor for deciding whether to use selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), according to a study published online Oct. 4 in Cancer Prevention Research.

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Increase in Number of Centers Doing Robotic Prostatectomy

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The number of centers performing robotic surgery for radical prostatectomy increased during 2010 to 2014, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in The Lancet Oncology.

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Scientists Support Genome Editing to Prevent Disease

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Many basic scientists and clinical researchers support somatic genome editing in adults for prevention of serious disease but not for human enhancement; they also believe the public should be consulted before any clinical application of germline gene editing proceeds, according to survey results published online Oct. 3 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.

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Overall Breast Cancer Incidence Up for Some in 2005-2014

TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Overall breast cancer incidence rates increased among specific racial/ethnic groups from 2005 to 2014, although the overall death rates decreased from 1989 to 2015, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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Communication Program Doesn't Raise Hospital Liability Costs

TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A communication-and-resolution program, in which hospitals and liability insurers communicate with patients when adverse events occur, does not lead to higher liability costs, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Health Affairs.

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Patient With CAS of 50 Percent Should Not Undergo Screening

TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A vascular surgeon and primary care physician agree that an asymptomatic patient with cardiovascular risk and stenosis of 50 percent on screening carotid ultrasonography should not undergo carotid artery stenosis (CAS) screening, according to an article published online Oct. 2 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Opioid Manufacturers to Provide Doctor Training

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to halt the ongoing opioid addiction crisis, U.S. regulators are requiring manufacturers to provide extensive training to doctors, according to a report published by the Associated Press.

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Azathioprine Appears to Improve Disease Course in Early Crohn's

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of azathioprine (AZA) is associated with a better disease course in patients with early Crohn's disease (CD), according to a study published online Sept. 22 in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

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Legal Cannabis Use Common Among Cancer Patients

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In Washington state, where cannabis is legal, cancer patients have high rates of active use, and they report that legalization was an important factor in their decision to use, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in Cancer.

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