No reduction in mortality compared with placebo in infants with congenital heart disease

Complication rates, length of stay, and costs of surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis differ by race

Standard tests have poor diagnostic accuracy for disc herniation with suspected radiculopathy

Surgeons more likely to recommend TKA for men; younger docs more likely to recommend in general

Decompression rate significantly down during same time period

Laparoscopic ventral hernia repairs linked to lower complication rate, shorter stays than open repairs

For recipients under 2, comparable risks for partial, whole organs in 2006 to 2010

EHR use during clinical encounters can invite patients into participatory model of care

Cholesterol affected independent of weight loss, glucose metabolism, insulin resistance

Customized maximum surgical blood order schedule decreases costs, improves OR efficiency

But advantages disappear over open surgery when a concomitant decompression is necessary

Diagnostic accuracy of the test is better in patients with relatively severe lumbar spinal stenosis

I COUGH emphasizes patient education, early mobilization, pulmonary interventions

Infection rates higher after surgical procedures for non-idiopathic versus idiopathic scoliosis

No significant difference for decompression with single-level fusion, multilevel fusion

Low-mortality hospitals are better at managing complications after cardiac surgery

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