There is an association between after-hours surgery and mortality risk that is not entirely explained by the emergent and morbidity characteristics of patients or the surgical procedure.
Although feasible, non-surgical antibiotic treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis is associated with both a lower treatment success rate and higher complication rate than primary surgical appendicectomy.
Point-of-care ultrasound performed by emergency physicians to diagnose intussusception has a diagnostic accuracy equivalent to radiology-performed ultrasound.
Intravenous resuscitation with balanced crystalloid fluids does not reduce mortality or kidney injury compared with normal saline in critically ill patients.
Daniel Jolley