The following article is written by Mary Sturm, VP of clinical operations for Surgical Management Professionals. As the saying goes, “You only have one chance to make a first impression.” For many of ...

Identifying Strategies for Robust Survivorship Program Implementation: A Qualitative Analysis of Cancer Programs From 2017 to 2019, we conducted a mixed-methods study. First, we elicited clinicians' ...

Our results indicate that women are more likely to report pre-operative mental distress than men and the mentally distressed group have worse absolute values for all domains of SF-36 score. However, ...

A system-wide preoperative nutrition program improves patient outcomes and offers the potential for substantial cost savings for health care systems, according to a new study being presented at the ...

Day-of-surgery cancellations may be prevented by preoperative telephone calls by nurses, according to an article published in the AORN Journal. Preoperative nurses at the University of North Carolina ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results showed most patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty achieved the minimum ...

Clinicians frequently order preoperative urinalyses for patients scheduled to undergo many common procedures. A new study finds that nearly nine out of 10 of preoperative urinalyses are unnecessary.

Urothelial tumours represent the 6th most frequent cancer in men and its incidence continues to rise in both sexes. Fortunately, approximately 75% of ...

Correspondence to Dr Daniel Steffens, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; ...