Surgical care remains one of the most significant drivers of overall hospital cost—yet the medical readiness of complex surgical patients is often overlooked in financial and operational planning.

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The FAA has constructed a Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) that is user-friendly and free to use online. One of the ...

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The risk for surgical site infection following hip arthroplasty was associated with male sex, BMI, operation time, diabetes, heart disease, and ASA class.

Surgical clinics across the country are facing mounting complexity — without the tools to manage it. As more procedures shift to outpatient settings, the pressure on private and independent clinics ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has launched a new mobile app that offers surgeons and multidisciplinary medical providers real-time access to its suite of adult cardiac surgery and thoracic ...

A US Army official said the Apache helicopter faces threats that may reduce its battlefield prowess. Lt. Gen. Joseph Ryan said the older Apache AH-64D is no longer a "war-winning capability ...

Surgical wound grades, as well as APACHE II score and CCI, were classified and calculated as previously described 5, 16, 21. ... Chaves RCF, Corrêa TD, Assunção MSC, Katayama HT, Bosso FE, et al.

Objective Rapid Emergency Medicine Score (REMS) is an attenuated version of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score and has utility in predicting mortality in non-surgical ...

CHICAGO, April 28, 2025 — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic ...