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Decision Aids Can Help with Surgery Utilization
Surgeons can use educationally based decision aids to improve rates of knee arthroplasty utilization among African Americans. The decision aids should include information about pre- and postoperative pain and performance outcomes.
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Organizations Say It Is Time for Clinicians to Speak Out for Change
Many healthcare organizations, including the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, joined hundreds of businesses in condemning racism and police brutality. The American College of Surgeons issued a call to action on racism as a public health crisis.
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Healthy Black Children More Likely to Die After Surgery
The authors of a recent study found African American children who are otherwise apparently healthy are 3.43 times more likely to die within 30 days after surgery when compared with white patients.
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Social Determinants of Health Affect Surgical Care Disparities
Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, and age. Before learning more about surgical disparities and their effects on various racial and ethnic groups, researchers will need more of these data.
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Racial Disparities Persist in Surgery
A specific cause remains elusive.
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Technology Offers Clues on Creating a COVID-19-Free OR
Air scrubbers, negative air pressure, and UV devices all have been tested recently with some success.
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Certain Variables Can Lead Some Spine Patients to Report More Pain After Surgery
Spine surgery patients are most likely to control pain poorly after a procedure if they are female, younger than age 70 years, and record higher depression scores, according to a recent report.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Took a Toll on Vascular Surgery
A recent analysis revealed nearly nine of 10 elective ambulatory and inpatient vascular surgeries were canceled after the United States shut down at the beginning of the pandemic.
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Eye Procedures Declined Dramatically During Pandemic Shutdown
Many older patients likely delayed procedures during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic over fears of contracting the virus.
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Staff Can Help Keep Supply Costs Low
Surgery center staff can help save surgery centers thousands of dollars in supply costs. They also can find ways to prevent shortages from disrupting operations.