August Publications

New Publication Highlights:

Michelle Mourad, Lekshmi Santhosh, and Denise Connor presented a case of new onset weakness in JGIM Clinical Reasoning. Denise Connor provided the discussant perspective highlighting the importance of slowing down and diagnostic time outs in making a correct diagnosis. Read More
Priya Prasad and colleagues from San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Program at St. Mary’s conducted a study comparing multifocal to unifocal spine infections among patients treated surgically for pyogenic spinal infection over a 6-year period. They found that region of spinal surgery was a significant risk factor for multifocal infection. Read More
Sujatha Sankaran examined how effective pre-operative risk stratification algorithms are at predicting adverse events in patients receiving elective craniotomy. They found that while risk algorithms are effective at predicting cardiovascular outcomes, they are less effective at predicting neurosurgical complications that often drive the morbidity and mortality caused by these procedures. Read More
Margaret Fang and Christine Baumgartner discussed their systematic review on periprocedural bridging for VTE on an Anticoagulation Forum Webinar. See Video