Returning to elective surgery, the ‘new normal’

The LMACTrach, a new approach for endotracheal intubation: Apilot study in 100 patients undergoing elective surgery

AbstractBackgroundand endotracheal intubation under direct vision in both anticipated and unexpecteddifficult intubation situations.: The LMA CTrach system is a new device for airway managementMethodsdifferent types of elective surgeries. After randomly selecting the patients for intubationwith this new device, the airway characteristics, height, weight, dental overbiteand thyromental distance ...

A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates

BACKGROUND The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective surgery was redesigned. The changes included earlier clinical assessment of patients, better planning and documentation systems, and increased involvement of patients in the...

Elective fetal reduction: the ultimate elective surgery.

Incapacity for work in elective orthopaedic surgery: a study of occurrence and the probability of returning to work after treatment.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The extent to which patients undergoing elective surgery for orthopaedic disorders were incapacitated for work while they were on the waiting list and whether they were able to return to work after surgery were studied. DESIGN This was a prospective cohort study of patients admitted to hospital for elective orthopaedic surgery. Main outcome measures were occurrence of sickness...

Returning to a New Home

This issue of Cognitive Science marks the start of our partnership with Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (LEA). The journal has never been published by LEA before, but in many ways, our relocation feels like a homecoming. In 1976 Roger Schank approached Larry Erlbaum with the idea of forming a cognitive science journal. Mr. Erlbaum was highly receptive, and together with his partner Walter Johnson b...