surgery news from FierceHealthcare
NewsDocs support enhanced NP collaboration
With a looming workforce shortage and a shift toward collaborative care, Virginia physicians support legislation that will include the role of nurse practitioners, while also better defining surgery. Read more...
Wake up call: Sleepy residents don't make worse surgeons, study says
Tired surgery residents aren't worse surgeons than their better-rested peers, according to a study published in the Journal of Surgical Research. This finding, based on a review of the outcomes of Read more...
Blood clot risk after surgery higher than thought
Not only are blood clots after surgery much more likely than previously thought, they're a risk much longer after surgery, according to new research. A new study, which appears in BMJ, examined data Read more...
Unconventional treatments more common with cancer patients
Despite a growing trend among cancer patients to look for "natural" alternatives to traditional treatments, many doctors warn that such decisions could jeopardize any chance at all of beating the Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Live Twitter updates on surgeries seen as useful tool
While the whole thing sounds strange to me, it appears that hospitals are increasingly taken with the idea of "tweeting"--sending short messages via web service Twitter--details of surgeries as the Read more...
Study: Using simulators makes surgeons quicker, better
A new Danish study concludes that using simulators to train new surgeons makes them quicker at performing procedures, yet better at what they do. The study, which focused on whether doctors with Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Da Vinci robot growing popular
What's that device in the operating room--the one with four arms? It's the da Vinci robot, a new surgical device that allows doctors to perform surgery using small incisions while giving them more Read more...
| Press ReleasesYoung Children Exposed to Anesthesia Multiple Times Show Elevated Rates of ADHDROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity Read more >> |
