Perioperative Nursing News

• AAO-HNSF 2023 Measures of PTH Predict Post-Thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia Data from a prospective study support the use of parathyroid hormone (PTH) to guide earlier discharge of patients after surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, October 01, 2023
• 'Old School’ Laser Rx Remains Effective Rejuvenation Option Drawbacks to fully ablative laser resurfacing include significant downtime and extensive wound care, "so it’s not for everybody," says Arisa E. Ortiz, MD.
  MDedge News, September 28, 2023
• Cardiac Troponin Predicts Mortality Post Surgery New evidence points to the prognostic value of cardiac troponin T in identifying myocardial injury and subsequent mortality risk after cardiac surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• No Benefit of EC/IC Bypass vs Meds in Large-Artery Stroke Despite surgical advances, adding extracranial-intracranial bypass to medical therapy does not reduce stroke or death in symptomatic occlusion of the internal carotid or middle cerebral artery.
  Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2023
• Omitting SLN Biopsy Safe for Some Early Breast Cancers Patients with early breast cancer and negative ultrasound axillary lymph node staging had similar locoregional relapse and distant DFS at 5 years whether or not they received SLN biopsy.
  Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2023
• AGA CPU: Essentials to Prevent Complications With Ostomies Complications and challenges with self-care are common among patients with an enteral stoma, but most available guidance documents fail to offer management principles beyond the immediate perioperative period.
  MDedge News, September 22, 2023
• Alert FDA Updates Indications for Temozolomide This is the second drug to receive a labeling update under the agency's Project Renewal program, which aims to keep labels of older cancer drugs up to date with current practice.
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2023
• WCLC 2023 What Does Not Affect Surgical Outcomes in NSCLC? AEGEAN is one of the first studies of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the perioperative settings to demonstrate improved EFS and pCR with no effect on surgical outcomes.
  MDedge News, September 14, 2023
• Is This the Safest Drug for Post-Op Delirium? While use of atypical antipsychotics is rising, a new study found that the drugs are not safer than haloperidol for managing postoperative delirium in elderly patients.
  Medscape Medical News, September 13, 2023
• Blueprint to Curb Postop Opioids After Pancreatic Resection New data suggest that a post-surgery protocol can reduce inpatient opioid use by 50% and lead to opioid-free discharge following pancreatic cancer surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, September 12, 2023
• Mortality Rates Falling After PCI for STEMI In Denmark, 1-year mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention for STEMI was reduced by about 30% from 2003 to 2018; most of the reduction was seen within the first 30 days after the procedure.
  Medscape Medical News, September 11, 2023
• Can This Device Take on Enlarged Prostates? Clinicians anticipate the newest way to treat a common cause of urinary symptoms in older men.
  Medscape Medical News, September 07, 2023
• Treating Fractures in Older Patients: Beyond Broken Bones Though half the fracture-prevention battle is getting people diagnosed with low bone density, nearly 80% of older Americans who suffer bone breaks are not tested or treated for osteoporosis.
  MDedge News, September 06, 2023
• Gender-Affirming Surgeries Way Up Between 2016 and 2019 Breast and chest surgeries were the most common procedures, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 29, 2023
• ESC 2023 No Reduction in AF After Noncardiac Surgery With Colchicine: COP-AF COP-AF trial results showed no significant reduction in co-primary endpoints of clinically important AF or myocardial injury after noncardiac thoracic surgery, although there were positive trends.
  Medscape Medical News, August 26, 2023
• Jury Still Out on Stopping GLP-1 RAs Prior to Endoscopy Five professional gastroenterology organizations caution that more data are needed to understand if and when GLP-1 receptor agonists should be held prior to elective endoscopy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 24, 2023
• New Studies Inform Best Practices for Pelvic Organ Prolapse "Approximately one in five women will undergo surgery for prolapse and/or urinary incontinence by the age of 80, which is more likely than the risk of developing breast cancer."
  MDedge News, August 16, 2023
• A1c Not Linked to Postop Complications in Kids With Diabetes Findings suggest no need to delay elective surgery in order to optimize glycemic control in children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2023
• Oxycodone Tied to Persistent Use Only After Vaginal Delivery Initiation of oxycodone vs codeine postpartum is associated with an increased risk of persistent opioid use after vaginal, but not cesarean, delivery.
  Medscape Medical News, August 01, 2023
• Cognitive Problems Transient After AF Ablation Patients with AF sometimes experience cognitive dysfunction after ablation. New data show it's short-lived and that ablation might in fact improve cognition in the long run.
  Medscape Medical News, July 31, 2023
• Does CGM Help Reduce Post-Bariatric Hypoglycemia? Managing hypoglycemia resulting from bariatric surgery can be challenging, but continuous glucose monitoring might act as an effective tool in reducing the frequency of these episodes, new research finds.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2023
• Lawsuit Against Insurer Claims Retaliation Against Doctors An AMA affiliate claims there has been retaliation over patient referrals, but the insurer says physicians get outsized windfalls.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2023