Racial differences in postoperative outcomes among otherwise healthy children
1. Through a retrospective analysis, researchers found that healthy African American children, when compared to healthy white children, had higher ...
Tag: Postoperative complications
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Previous stroke may increase risk of complications after major surgery
1. Patients who had a stroke within the last 24 months had a higher risk of post-operative complications. 2. 30 ...
Ambulatory surgery associated with low rates of postsurgical visits for infections
Image: PD 1. 3.09 per 1000 ambulatory surgical procedures required postsurgical acute care visits for clinically significant infections at 14 ...
Preoperative vitamin D levels may influence post-surgical infection rate
Image: PD 1. Higher (>30ng/mL) preoperative 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were associated with a decreased risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) ...
Recent surgery, operative times increase complications of knee arthroscopy
Image: PD 1. Patients who have undergone a recent surgical procedure (within 30 days) are at increased risk for a ...
Postoperative complications linked with unplanned hospital readmissions
Image: PD 1. Patients readmitted within 30 days postoperatively had significantly higher complication rates (relative risk = 3.4) than non-readmitted ...
