Do Pre-op Urine Cultures Influence Surgical Outcomes? A positive urine culture result often drives antibiotic prescribing even in the absence of symptoms. In a recent multicenter cohort study, Salazar ...

Preoperative cardiovascular assessment before elective noncardiac surgery should include consideration of a prior COVID-19 diagnosis, according to three doctors who advise a delay of at least several ...

Process for Delivering Timely Antibiotics to Febrile Bone Marrow Transplant Patients in the Emergency Department COVID-19, the illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Minor complications following ambulatory surgery — such as post-operative pain, nausea, vomiting and bleeding — occur at predictable rates. For example, vomiting occurs in 10 to 20 percent of patients ...