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SurgeXperiences 118: need a second opinion?
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Christopher Kelly
March 30th, 2008, at 11:35am · 5 Comments
Tags: Anesthesia · Colorectal surgery · Drugs · General surgery · Ophthalmology · Plastic surgery · Surgical oncology · Thoracic surgery · Urology · Vascular surgery
So much for the B team
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Christopher Kelly
March 18th, 2008, at 6:34am · 1 Comment
In what will come as news to almost no one, researchers have found that “after hours” procedures, defined as those beginning after 4PM, are associated with higher rates of complications than procedures starting between 7AM-4PM, even after excluding emergency cases and controlling for patient and procedure conditions.
Tags: Anesthesia · Cardiac surgery · Colorectal surgery · General surgery · Gynecology · Neurosurgery · Ophthalmology · Orthopedic surgery · Otolaryngology · Plastic surgery · Surgical oncology · Thoracic surgery · Trauma surgery · Urology · Vascular surgery
