Non-home discharge for cardiac surgery patients can be predicted preoperatively, which may shorten length of stay and reduce resource use, according to a study in the Journal of the American College ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For some patients who undergo cardiac surgery, discharge without an opioid prescription for pain management is ...

An early liberal strategy of blood transfusion did not reduce the risk of mortality or major ischemic events after vascular ...

An earlier blood transfusion- done when hemoglobin levels were higher - after major general or vascular surgery among people ...

Aligning Forces for Quality offers free, downloadable discharge planning tools for heart failure patients. The resources were crafted by Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore. The heart failure discharge ...

If you’ve ever been discharged from a hospital or helped a loved one through it, you know how overwhelming it can be. One moment, you’re in a hospital bed, and the next, you’re handed a pile of ...

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery often receive red-cell transfusions, along with the associated risks and costs. Early intraoperative normovolemic hemodilution (i.e., acute normovolemic ...