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Loading video... VIDEO: Key findings are summarized by the study's lead investigator, David G. Brauer, MD, MPHS. view more  Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Pancreatic, liver, bile duct, and stomach cancer operations are inherently complex and initially often take place at large cancer centers where surgical teams perform a large volume of procedures. Readmission to a different hospital from where patients had these operations initially performed markedly increases death risk. There are ways to address care fragmentation with newly identified risk factors for readmis...

 E-Mail In a study of over 73 million delivery hospitalizations during a 19-year period in the United States, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center found that failure to rescue from severe maternal morbidity contributes more than a half of the 3-fold difference in maternal mortality between Black women and White women. Failure to rescue refers to death resulting from severe maternal morbidity such as eclampsia, acute heart failure, and sepsis. The findings are published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. "Des...

What is already known about this topic? Poisonous mushroom ingestions can result in serious illness and death. The national prevalence of health care use associated with accidental poisonous mushroom ingestion is unknown. What is added by this report? During 2016, an estimated 1,328 emergency department visits and 100 hospitalizations were associated with accidental poisonous mushroom ingestion. During 2016–2018, 8.6% (48 of 556) of patients who sought care for poisonous mushroom ingestions had a serious adverse outcome. Serious adverse outcomes were more common in Medicaid-insured patients...

Sparta Biopharma Announces US Commercial Availability of BioEnthesis™ for Rotator Cuff Repair News provided by Share this article Share this article DURHAM, N.C. and MADISON, N.J., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Biopharma, Inc., a privately-held company, developing osteobiologics for sports medicine announces the availability of BioEnthesis TM, the first-of-its-kind allograft that has both mineralized and demineralized layers which provide the requisite properties for healing and repair within the rotator cuff.  According to the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, there are mor...

Press Release Date: March 5, 2021 In the first months of the pandemic, Black and Hispanic patients accounted for a larger share of COVID-19-related hospitalizations than White patients, according to a new data analysis from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). A second data analysis demonstrates how different vaccine distribution prioritization plans may lead to different levels of equity across income and race/ethnicity. “AHRQ analysts continue to produce important insights into the pandemic and help healthcare policymakers make informed decisions,” said AHRQ Acting Dir...