Hospitals have had success applying remote patient monitoring to chronic conditions to help track signs of a patient’s improving or worsening condition between medical appointments. Patients with ...

All patients received intravenous antibiotics prior to surgery. Patients with prior infection, anesthesia class V poor-risk patients, patients requiring emergency surgery, and patients with missing ...

Most people feel a mixture of anxiety, nervousness, and excitement in the weeks leading up to surgery. It can also be a busy time when people make preparations for their recovery. Doctors stress the ...

John Di Capua, MD, is deputy CEO and chief medical officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia Corp.; vice president of anesthesia services of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; and ...

I recently ran across the word “prehabilitation.” Not rehabilitation, prehabilitation. It is preparing the body for surgery. The idea is that asking patients to prepare for surgery can make the ...

Studies evaluating surgical-site infection have had conflicting results with respect to the use of alcohol solutions containing iodine povacrylex or chlorhexidine gluconate as skin antisepsis before ...