Objectives: Although real-time ultrasound guidance during central venous catheter insertion
has become a standard of care, postinsertion chest radiograph remains the gold standard to …

Background Despite showing a prognostic value in general surgical patients, preoperative
asymptomatic elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is not considered a risk factor for cardiac …

Background: Traditional two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic evaluation of tricuspid
annulus (TA) dilation is based on single-frame measurements of the septolateral (SL) dimension…

Study objective It has not yet been established whether total hip arthroplasty complications
are associated with anesthetic technique (spinal versus general). This study assessed the …

Objective Lumbar spine MRI interpretations have high variability reducing utility for surgical
planning. This study evaluated a convolutional neural network (CNN) framework that …

Background Surgical start time (SST) has demonstrated conflicting effects on perioperative
outcomes due to confounding factors, such as increased acuity in later SST cases. This study …

Objective To evaluate the impact of initiation of an enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery
(ERAC) protocol for elective cesarean delivery (CD) on neonatal outcomes. Study design …

BACKGROUND: Graduate medical education is being transformed from a time-based training
model to a competency-based training model. While the application of ultrasound in the …

Background Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are critical tools used in the
assessment and reporting of surgical outcomes. However, significant differences in PROM scores …

… Author links open overlay panelFeroze Mahmood MD a , Ziyad O. Knio BS b , Lu Yeh MD a
c , Rabia Amir MD a , Robina Matyal MD a , Azad Mashari MD a d , Robert C. Gorman MD e , …