Study expands the backing for sleep apnea-specific hypoxic burden ...

OSA and planned ICU admission post-tonsil surgery develop early breathing issues that mostly need oxygen or NIV; younger age and nocturnal desaturation predict a higher risk.

Higher sleep apnea specific hypoxic burden was linked to increased 30-day mortality and cardiovascular complications after ...

Patients who recorded more walking activity prior to surgery, regardless of complexity of the operation or their health status, showed 51% reduced odds for postoperative complications than less active ...

Implications of postoperative complications on survival after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC: A multi-institutional analysis of the United States HIPEC Collaborative. Outcomes of appendiceal ...

Surgery can be risky business. A new study looks at how complications can result in patient death. It doesn't add new information, but it was peer-reviewed. Replication is fine, but is it always ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A similar proportion of patients in the high and low PEEP groups experienced pulmonary complications after ...

The Five-item Frailty Index (5i-FI) is a tool used by physicians to predict surgical risk and postoperative complications after a procedure. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of intraoperative protective ventilation on major postoperative respiratory complications and to define safe intraoperative mechanical ventilator settings that do not ...

Low-dose zoledronic acid appeared safe among older patients with hip fracture and advanced chronic kidney disease.