Perioperative Nursing News

• Occult Hypoxemia More Common in Patients With Darker Skin? Black and Hispanic patients undergoing anesthesia may be more likely than White patients to experience occult hypoxemia, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Failed to Register Your Trial? Don't Use a Another Study's Number The registration number provided by the author for the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR-IOR-17014122) seems to correspond to a different trial than the one described in the article.
  Retraction Watch, May 20, 2022
• In Patients With CBD Stones, Cholecystectomy Wound Infection Rates Similar With Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics In patients with common bile duct stones undergoing same-admission cholecystectomy, surgical site infection rates are low and similar with broad- and narrow-spectrum antibiotics, observational data suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Bupivacaine Following Mohs Surgery Reduces Opioid Use Patients report lower pain and opioid use with a single injection of the local anesthetic compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Topical Tranexamic Acid Reduces Bleeding Following Mohs Surgery The treatment significantly benefitted second intention wounds prone to bleeding.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases: ASTRO Updates Guidelines The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued new recommendations on radiotherapy treatment in patients with brain metastases, which updates the last guidelines issued in 2012.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Higher Magnesium Links With Better Bariatric Surgery Outcomes A review of 403 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery showed that higher magnesium levels were associated with better post-surgical glycemic control and diabetes remission.
  First Look, May 09, 2022
• Same-Day Discharge After Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy May Be Feasible in Some Patients In selected patients undergoing robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN), same-day discharge is feasible, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 29, 2022
• First-Ever Best Practices for Percutaneous Axillary Access A new position statement from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions suggests best practices for this increasingly widespread alternative access route.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• Shopping for Space, Health Systems Make Over Malls Dying malls have turned out to be good places to care for the living. During the pandemic, mall-to-medicine transitions accelerated, with at least 10 health systems moving in where retail has moved out.
  Kaiser Health News, April 26, 2022
• TNF Inhibitors Prior to Surgery Safe in Patients With IBD: Study The rate of postoperative infection is no different between patients exposed to and those unexposed to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in the 12 weeks before surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2022
• Doc Fails to Order Crucial Tests; Paralyzed Pt Wins $17M Jury cites failure to order crucial pre-op and post-op tests; provider-to-provider disputes not time sensitive, state high court says; paralyzed patient seeks millions.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 13, 2022
• AACR 2022 Preop Nivolumab Plus Chemo 'a Quantum Leap' in NSCLC Therapy Further data from the pivotal Checkmate 816 trial continue to support the combination of nivolumab with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2022
• Specialists Call for Shorter Surgery Delays After COVID Infection National organizations recommend that elective surgeries should be delayed by at least 7 weeks after a patient's COVID-19 diagnosis, but some specialists argue this recommendation is too conservative.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2022
• Early Parenteral Nutrition Support Cuts Infections After Major Abdominal Surgery Early supplemental parenteral nutrition (E-SPN) reduces the risk of infections in hospitalized patients recovering from major abdominal surgery, researchers in China have found.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2022
• Anticipation Key to Tackling Perioperative Anemia Healthcare staff need to work together for the early identification and management of perioperative anemia to anticipate problems and ensure optimal outcomes, say new UK guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• ACC 2022 PROTECT Questions Hypothermia Prevention at Noncardiac Surgery "There was absolutely no benefit, whatsoever, to aggressive warming," nor reduced risks for infection, transfusions, or readmission, said researchers, based on a rare, randomized trial of the issue.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• ACC 2022 POISE-3 Backs Wider Use of TXA in Noncardiac Surgery The antifibrinolytic agent significantly reduced the risk for bleeding in a wide array of major noncardiac surgeries, suggesting an expanded role for TXA.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2022
• AAPM 2022 Epidural Steroid Injections Linked to Risk for Post-Op Infection Patients who receive lumbar epidural steroid injections and go on to have lumbar spine decompressive surgery within 6 months are at heightened risk of infection, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2022
• ACC 2022 Hybrid ACC.22 Resurrects the Live Scientific Session The multiverse exists as the ACC offers a traditional in-person meeting spanning all of cardiology paired with what could be a lasting legacy of the pandemic, a robust, parallel virtual experience.
  Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2022