2-day antibiotic non-inferior to 5-day antibiotic therapy for postoperative management of complex appendectomy
1. The rate of infectious complications and mortality at 90 days was similar between groups. 2. No treatment-related deaths were ...
Tag: pediatric surgery
Steep decline in post-operative opioid prescriptions for common pediatric surgeries
1. Analysis of over 124,000 patients undergoing common pediatric surgical procedures from 2014-2019 identified noteworthy decreases in the likelihood of receiving ...
Congenital heart surgery in trisomy 13 and 18 linked to decreased inpatient mortality
1. Congenital heart surgery (CHS) in patients with trisomy 13 (T13) and trisomy 18 (T18) was significantly associated with a ...
General anesthesia exposure in infants not linked to impaired cognitive development
1. In this sibling matched cohort study, IQ scores in adolescence were comparable between infants exposed to general anesthesia before ...
Pre-operative discussion of analgesic goals improves pediatric post-operative pain management
Feb 6th – Pediatrics - Standardized pre-operative discussion of pain management improved post-operative pain control and parental satisfaction in pediatric ...