The present study examined the relation between the timing of elective cesarean delivery at term and neonatal respiratory outcomes at our institution. From 2005 through 2013, 1,951 elective cesarean singleton deliveries were performed at term. Of the neonates, 141 (7%) had respiratory disorders requiring oxygen supplementation. In comparison to the incidence of respiratory disorders in neonates...

BACKGROUND Left internal thoracic artery-to left anterior descending artery grafting has become a fundamental part of coronary artery bypass grafting. This grafting has led to increased use of other arterial conduits, of which the radial artery is most popular. Whether radial grafting can be used in the emergency patient is not known. This study compares the short-term clinical evolution betwee...

OBJECTIVE To examine the postoperative complications and death rate of major elective vascular surgery procedures in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). BACKGROUND DATA Patients with ESRD undergoing elective major vascular surgical procedures are thought to have a high rate of postoperative complications and death. METHODS The American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality...

Background and study aims In the last decade, there have been major advances in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management but their impact on hospital admissions requires evaluation. We aim to investigate nationwide trends in IBD surgical/medical elective and emergency admissions, including endoscopy and cytokine inhibitor infusions, between 2003 and 2013. Patients and methods We used Hospi...

Future physician leaders will need the knowledge and skills necessary to improve systems of care. To address this need, Pritzker School of Medicine implemented a 4-year scholarly track in quality and patient safety for medical students. The Quality and Safety Track (QST) includes an intensive elective that teaches basic quality-improvement skills, an individual mentored scholarly project, and e...

This paper proposes a stochastic model for Operating Rooms (ORs) planning with two types of surgery demands: elective surgery and emergency surgery. Elective cases can be planned starting from an earliest date with a patient related cost depending on the surgery date. Emergency cases arrive randomly and have to be performed on the day of arrival. The planning problem consists of assigning elect...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine maternal postpartum complications of twin deliveries according to mode of delivery and investigate the associated risk factors. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort review of twin pregnancies with delivery after 26 weeks at a tertiary teaching hospital (1993-2008). The rates of maternal postpartum complications were compared among vaginal, elective cesarean an...

Elective Rotation This elective rotation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) is a two (2) week experience in basic surgical technique, wound closure techniques, principles of wound healing, exposure to emergent and elective reconstructive surgery as well as aesthetic surgery. The student may be required to travel to the clinic, outpatient surgery center and/or hospital facility during h...

This note examines trends in elective deferrals from 1990 through 2001. Elective deferrals of earnings―401(k)-type plans and similar arrangements for deferring income taxation of earnings placed in retirement accounts―first became common in the early 1980s and have grown in popularity since then. Trends in elective deferrals are potentially important in analyzing historical earnings data and in...

Methods: From 2002 to 2004 there were 9 hand surgeons in 6 cities who prospectively recorded each consecutive case of elective hand and finger epinephrine injection. They recorded each instance of skin or tissue loss and the number of times phentolamine reversal of adrenaline vasoconstriction was required. Results: There were 3,110 consecutive cases of elective injection of low-dose epinephrine...