{"title":"Intracranial monitoring in patients with head trauma.","authors":"A H Fruin, C Taylon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The treatment of head-injured patients has over the past 15 years become significantly more complex and involved. The rising interest in the treatment of these patients has been driven in large part by the growing body of evidence showing that there is a definite association between elevated ICP and increased mortality and long-term morbidity. The effective treatment of intracranial hypertension with hyperventilation, osmotic agents, and barbiturate therapy has been aided by the regular use of ICP monitoring in most neurosurgical centers. A continuing and ongoing record of ICP allows for the judicial and appropriate use of modern treatment modalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":76570,"journal":{"name":"Surgery annual","volume":"23 Pt 1 ","pages":"225-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13154451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current concepts in the management of urethral strictures.","authors":"J H Naude","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76570,"journal":{"name":"Surgery annual","volume":"23 Pt 2 ","pages":"69-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13018279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Muñoz, D Chalfin, J Goldstein, J R Cohen, E Birnbaum, L Wise
{"title":"Hospital costs, resource characteristics, and the dynamics of death for general surgery patients.","authors":"E Muñoz, D Chalfin, J Goldstein, J R Cohen, E Birnbaum, L Wise","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The world of health care finance and quality assessment is undergoing rapid change. We analyzed a large group of general surgical patients who died regarding hospital resource consumption. General surgical patients who died generated much greater resource consumption than survivors per DRG; increasing hospital LOS for general surgical patients who died was associated with increasing financial risk under DRGs. Patients who died after non-emergency admission generated similar financial risk to patients who died after emergency admission. General surgical patients who died who were referred from another clinical service generated, on average, similar resource consumption to non-referred patients who died. The results of this study support those of previous studies suggesting the payment inequities of DRGs for general surgical patients who die and suggest that attention should be directed at improving the DRG hospital payment system for these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":76570,"journal":{"name":"Surgery annual","volume":"23 Pt 1 ","pages":"137-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13060192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current status of the surgical treatment of melanoma.","authors":"W R Jewell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76570,"journal":{"name":"Surgery annual","volume":"23 Pt 1 ","pages":"57-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13154452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Machi, B Sigel, H A Zaren, A B Roberts, J Sariego, T Kurohiji, I Kodama, T Kakegawa, P E Donahue, D P Flanigan
{"title":"Operative ultrasound: ten years of experience.","authors":"J Machi, B Sigel, H A Zaren, A B Roberts, J Sariego, T Kurohiji, I Kodama, T Kakegawa, P E Donahue, D P Flanigan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76570,"journal":{"name":"Surgery annual","volume":"23 Pt 1 ","pages":"73-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13154453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perioperative care of the pediatric patient.","authors":"A G Coran","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76570,"journal":{"name":"Surgery annual","volume":"23 Pt 1 ","pages":"31-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13060193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}