Physician Mental Health Has Declined During the Pandemic
Findings show an increase in mental health, substance use-related visits among Canadian physicians
Prehabilitation Exercise Intervention Studied in Esophageal Cancer
Structured prehabilitation exercise during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery may enhance treatment response
Surgical Fixation No Better for Dorsally Displaced Distal Radius Fracture
No significant benefit observed in terms of wrist function at 12 months for surgical fixation with K-wires versus cast
California Universal Health Care System Bill Faces Monday Deadline
There is also a second bill to fund universal health care, which has a different deadline and does not have to pass on Monday
Postop Anxiety During Care Transitions Reduced With Peer Mentoring
Findings seen among kidney transplant patients who were paired with former patients for 30 days following surgery
Hospital Defends Decision to Deny Heart Transplant to Unvaccinated Man
Other U.S. hospitals have also faced criticism for denying transplants to patients who were not vaccinated against COVID-19
~7 Percent of Lung Transplants Due to COVID-19 Respiratory Failure
Three-month survival 95.6 percent among patients who underwent lung transplant during August 2020 to September 2021
Nurse Work Environment Affects Patient Outcome
Surgical patients in hospitals with good nurse environment less likely to be admitted to ICU, have 30-day mortality
Black Patients More Likely to Have Negative Descriptors in Notes
Compared with White patients, Black patients have 2.54 times the odds of having at least one negative descriptor in EHR
Blacks Increased Telemedicine Use for Surgical Consults
Findings seen in second phase of the pandemic; no significant racial differences seen during the beginning of the pandemic
