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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > April, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 4

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Risk factors for post-op hospital admission

Predicting Which Patients Will Be Hospitalized
New Patient Index Measures Risk Factors for Post-op Admission
Who are the most likely surgical outpatients to wind up being hospitalized immediately after an operation? Those who are 65 or older, receiving general or regional anesthesia, and undergoing procedures longer than two hours, according to a checklist of risk factors created by researchers at the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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