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ASA: Same-Day Hip, Knee Replacement Feasible for Selected Patients
Modifications to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery pathway due to the pandemic will become permanent, authors say
ASTRO: Sexual Function After Brachytherapy Less Often Assessed in Women
Sexual function less likely to be assessed in women versus men undergoing brachytherapy for genitourinary cancers
ASA: Less Noise May Aid Children’s Behavior Following General Anesthesia
Postoperative benefits seen for mood, eating, and engagement
ASTRO: Medical Physicist-Patient Consult May Ease Stress of RT
Benefits may include decreased anxiety, increased technical and overall satisfaction
ASTRO: Ultra-High-Dose Radiotherapy Feasible for Extremity Bone Mets
Pain relief reported at eight of 12 sites targeted with FLASH; complete response reported at six of 12 sites
Haloperidol Not Beneficial for ICU Patients With Delirium
No improvement seen in number of days alive and out of the hospital at 90 days for haloperidol versus placebo
Breathing Trials Compared for Patients at Risk for Extubation Failure
No difference seen in number of ventilator-free days, time to extubation, reintubation with PSV versus T-piece
Early Mobilization Not Beneficial for ICU Patients
No change in number of days alive and out of hospital with early mobilization versus usual care
IDSA: Three-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine Highly Protective in Persons With HIV
Seroprotection rate increased from 94.4 percent at eight weeks after second dose to 98.5 percent at week 24
IDSA: Vaccination Program Yielded Large Declines in Varicella Incidence
Greatest declines in incidence, hospitalization, death seen for those aged younger than 20 years, at 99, 97, and >99 percent
