Low Nurse Staffing Tied to Higher Risk for Patient Death
Low staffing effects only partially mitigated by having temporary staff
Uterus Transplant Feasible, Linked to High Rate of Live Birth
All 14 with a successful uterus allograft gave birth to at least one live-born infant; 11 recipients had at least one complication
Renal Graft Survival Similar for Toxoplasma Ab-Positive, Negative Donors
Similar acute rejection and graft failure seen for those receiving kidneys from Toxoplasma antibody-positive and Toxoplasma-negative donors
Acceptable Liver Transplant Outcomes Seen After ICI Therapy for Liver Cancer
Age and immune checkpoint inhibitor washout time inversely linked to allograft rejection; survival no different with, without allograft rejection
Study Quantifies COVID-19-Linked Deficit in Arthroplasties in the U.K.
Deficit totals 158,994 joint replacements, and elimination of deficit expected to take until 2031 with 10 percent increase in capacity
Women’s Fracture Rates, Risk Vary by Race, Ethnicity
Novel fracture differences seen within Asian subgroups
Clinicians Are Interested in Climate Change Education
Two-thirds to three-quarters of respondents believe it is relevant in their lives or clinical practice
Posterior Surgery Noninferior to Anterior for Cervical Radiculopathy
Posterior surgery noninferior with respect to success rate and reduction in arm pain at two years
Pediatric Heart Transplant Wait-List Mortality Has Declined Since 1999
2016 revisions of pediatric HT allocation policy not associated with lower wait-list mortality in multivariable analyses
Preoperative IV Iron Treatment Better for Iron Deficiency Anemia
IV iron associated with significant reduction in 30-day postoperative mortality and morbidity compared with RBC transfusion
