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While a recently published review of Florida surgeries said that death or injury is 10 times more likely in the physician office setting,1 another recently published report indicates a high level of safety in physician offices, at least with oral and maxillofacial procedures.
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Because most sleep apnea cases have not been identified, it is not sufficient for same-day surgery providers to simply ask patients if they have sleep apnea, according to the Washington, DC-based American Sleep Apnea Association.
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Leading epidemiologists say a global return of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) which wreaked havoc on the health care systems that had to deal with it is almost inevitable.
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The findings of a new report on specialty hospitals are being debated by outpatient surgery experts who are drawing lines in the sand over whether the hospitals are a good idea.
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In the last several years, seven bills have been introduced in Congress to ban outpatient mastectomies but have not passed.
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Post-surgical pain control has come a long way since the days when patients were sent home with oral narcotics and no other way to control pain.
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An Illinois woman recently was awarded $19 million after her bladder was punctured during surgery to remove an ovarian cyst and went undiagnosed for nearly two days, according to a news report.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 290 reports of thrombosis associated with a drug-coated stent approved in April for angioplasty.
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Even if there are no cases in the world of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), you still should encourage patients with respiratory symptoms to wear a surgical mask, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions draft Public Health Guidance for Community-Level Preparedness and Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
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Medicare has published a rule for hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) services that will increase rates in the aggregate by 4.5%, according to an initial analysis by the American Hospital Association. The rule was published in the Nov. 7 Federal Register and takes effect Jan. 1.