High impact information on Specialties, Surgical

• BACKGROUND: Immunoassays are used in almost all medical and surgical specialties, but they suffer from interference from proteins such as antibodies in some patients' sera [1].
• Eighty percent of rheumatology believe steroid usage decreases the yield of TA Bx, compared to 62% of surgical specialties (p = 0.04) [2].
• Intensive care units and surgical specialties had more frequent MRSA cases [3].
• SETTING: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a 1,000-bed, tertiary-care hospital affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri. PARTICIPANTS: OR personnel in four surgical specialties (gynecologic, orthopedic, cardiothoracic, and general) [4].
• Cefotetan has been studied in different surgical specialties in prophylaxis and treatment of postoperative infections for its particularly broad spectrum of activity, covering both aerobic and anaerobic organisms, and for the very low incidence of side-effects [5].

Associations of Specialties, Surgical with chemical compounds

• Over the past two decades the use of cyanoacrylates has been varied and widespread among the surgical specialties. methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 Monomer), Isobutyl-cyanoacrylate (Bucrylate), and 2-cyano-butyl-acrylate (Histoacryl) were the most widely used [6].
• A census of waiting lists in five surgical specialties within the Northern Region has been carried out [7].

Gene context of Specialties, Surgical

• Frequency of atopy, allergy, and previous general anaesthesia in surgical specialties [8].
• The concept of CAD in presurgical planning is not new to other surgical specialties, but as of this date, it has not been implemented fully by podiatric surgeons [9].
• Latest advances in surgical specialties: Part III [10].

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