Do different applications of positive end-expiratory pressure improve survival and/or reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation? Medscape Critical Care
Commentary on a study on long-term quality of life after admission to the surgical intensive care unit, published April 2011 in the Archives of Surgery. br / iMedscape General Surgery/i
In an interim analysis of the first prospective randomized multicenter study to examine this issue, rates of pneumonia infection and subsequent mortality were decreased when antibiotic treatment was provided to these patients. Medscape Medical News
Commentary on a study on the frequency of small bowel obstruction after appendectomy, published July 2009 in the Annals of Surgery. Medscape General Surgery
A new analysis using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample shows the incidence of morbidity is 8% after anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Medscape Medical News
