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Failure to rescue in emergency general surgery in Canada [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: The risk of death after a postoperative complication — known as failure to rescue (FTR) — has been proposed to be superior to traditional benchmarking outcomes, such as complication and mortality rates, as a measure of system quality.
Joos, Emilie, Vogt, Kelly N., Minor, Samuel, Canadian Collaborative on Urgent Care Surgery, Engels, Paul T., Murphy, Patrick B., Allen, Laura, Parry, Neil G., van Heest, Rardi, Saleh, Fady, Meschino, Michael T., Hameed, Morad, Ball, Chad G., Nenshi, Rahima, Widder, Sandy   +14 more
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Exploring individual experiences of preparedness for bariatic surgery [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Over the past 30 years the rate of obesity has been rising in almost all countries.
Noble, Rachael
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Experiences of LGBTQ+ Residents in US General Surgery Training Programs

, 2022
IMPORTANCE: Previous studies have shown high rates of mistreatment among US general surgery residents, leading to poor well-being. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) residents represent a high-risk ...
Amortegui, Daniela, Irizarry, Dre, Cheung, Elaine O., Buyske, Jo, Bilimoria, Karl Y., Nasca, Thomas J., Heiderscheit, Evan A., Hu, Yue-Yung, Schlick, Cary Jo R., Sosa, Julie Ann, Eng, Joshua, Ellis, Ryan J., Hoyt, David B.   +12 more
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A National Survey of Motor Vehicle Crashes Among General Surgery Residents

, 2021
OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the frequency of self-reported, post-call hazardous driving events in a national cohort of general surgery residents and determine the associations between duty hour policy violations, psychiatric well-being, and hazardous driving ...
Quinn, Christopher M., Schlick, Cary Jo R., Hewitt, Daniel Brock, Ellis, Ryan J., Bilimoria, Karl Y., Shapiro, Katherine E., Jones, Andrew, Yang, Anthony D.   +7 more
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Mesh cutting algorithm for use in an orthopaedic surgery simulator [PDF]

, 2012
In order to develop a podiatric orthopaedic training simulator the obstacle of simulating podiatric bone surgery must be overcome. In order to simulate this surgery appropriately, it is necessary to be able to cut through a virtual representation of a ...
Gledhill, Duke, Boothroyd, Andrew, De Luca, Damian   +2 more
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Quantification of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery

, 2023
Near-infrared (NIR) imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) has proven to be useful in general, visceral, and transplant surgery. However, most studies have performed only qualitative assessments.
Lukas Pollmann, Nicola Roushansarai, Mazen Juratli, Jens Peter Hölzen, Andreas Pascher   +4 more
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

, 2021
8 páginasBackground: Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could support safer elective surgery. Vaccine numbers are limited so this study aimed to inform their prioritization by modelling.
Mindelsohn Way, Heritage Building, University of Birmingham, NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery   +2 more
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Infection control measures to reduce hospital infection rates in the medical city burn center

مجلة كلية الطب, 2019
Background: The most serious problem in burn units is nosocomial infection (NI). In extensive burn patients, sepsis is considered the main cause of death; infection control program will help to lower NI and its subsequent high mortality rate ...
mohannad albermani, Waleed A. Salman, Gulala K. Hamad, Eman A. Hadi   +3 more
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Experiences of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Among Residents in General Surgery Programs Across the US

, 2021
IMPORTANCE: Mistreatment is a common experience among surgical residents and is associated with burnout. Women have been found to experience mistreatment at higher rates than men.
Etkin, Caryn D., Nasca, Thomas J., Hu, Yue-Yung, Schlick, Cary Jo R., Turner, Patricia L., Ellis, Ryan J., Buyske, Jo, Bilimoria, Karl Y., Greenberg, Caprice C., Hoyt, David B., Greenberg, Jacob A.   +10 more
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Image-guided surgery and novel intraoperative devices for enhanced visualisation in general and paediatric surgery: a review

Innovative Surgical Sciences, 2022
Fluorescence guided surgery, augmented reality, and intra-operative imaging devices are rapidly pervading the field of surgical interventions, equipping the surgeon with powerful tools capable of enhancing the surgical visualisation of anatomical normal ...
Privitera Laura, Paraboschi Irene, Dixit Divyansh, Arthurs Owen J, Giuliani Stefano   +4 more
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