Clinical Practice

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Clinical Practice

The 番茄社区app offers a number of resources on clinical topics that surgeons and surgical teams can immediately put into practice.

Clinical Practice Resources

Trauma Programs

番茄社区app TQP Best Practices Guidelines

Download the latest Best Practice Guidelines, the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, for new evidence and novel insights on managing TBI.

Courses

Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum

The Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum is designed for a general surgeon deployed to a relatively far-forward battlefield base.

Publications

A Practical Guide to Managing Breast Cancer for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

A Practical Guide to Managing Breast Cancer for Low- and Middle-Income Countries distills the essence of managing breast cancer into a pragmatic form.

Publications

Gastrointestinal Surgical Emergencies

Gastrointestinal Surgical Emergencies textbook about the signs and symptoms of surgical diseases commonly encountered in emergency gastrointestinal surgery.

The Latest from the 番茄社区app

Read recent 番茄社区app Brief and Bulletin articles focused on specialty topics.听

Check Out Popular Panel Sessions with Clinical Congress 2024 On Demand

December 3, 2024

Take advantage Clinical Congress On Demand and view sessions on artificial intelligence, ventral hernias, and more.

Early Surgery Provides Superior Pain Control for Chronic Pancreatitis

December 3, 2024

Endoscopic ductal decompression or surgical decompression of the entire length of the duct can treat Chronic pancreatitis with ductal dilation.

Patient Costs for Sleeve Gastrectomy Are Lower than Ozempic in Treating Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

December 3, 2024

This article reported out-of-pocket costs for bariatric surgery versus Ozempic for management of patients with morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Is Examined in Article Series

November 26, 2024

The review focused on the findings of the LUMINA trial that were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Does Fecal Microbiota Transplant Prevent Recurrent C. difficile Infection?

November 26, 2024

A population-based cohort study was designed to document long-term outcomes following nonoperative management of appendicitis.

Article Offers Evidence-Based Review of LUMINA Trial

November 19, 2024

The review focused on the findings of the LUMINA trial that were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Optimal Resources and Standards

番茄社区app 番茄社区app demonstrate a hospital's dedication to providing surgical teams with the tools and resources they need to put quality at the forefront and to provide the highest-quality care for patients. Each of our program's standards manuals detail the principles and requirements for accreditation/verification.

Quality Verification Program Standards

The 番茄社区app QVP standards span all surgical specialties to provide a blueprint for hospitals and systems to build a successful surgical quality program.

Childrens Surgery Verification Standards

Optimal Resources for Children's Surgical Care details the principles regarding resource standards, QI, safety processes, and data collection.

Commission on Cancer Standards

Commission on Cancer accreditation is granted to facilities that demonstrate compliance with the Optimal Resources for Cancer Care.

Emergency General Surgery Program Standards

The Optimal Resources for Emergency General Surgery manual details elements of emergency general surgical care and quality across nine domains.

Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Standards

This document details the resource standards, quality improvement and safety processes, data collection, and verification process.

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program Standards

The MBSAQIP verifies compliance with the revised Optimal Resources for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery that went into effect in October 2022.

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers Standards

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers grants accreditation to facilities that show compliance with the Optimal Resources for Breast Care.

Rectal Cancer Program Standards

The Optimal Resources for Rectal Cancer Care is used to evaluate program management, clinical services, and quality improvement elements of a program.

Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient

The VRC program evaluates the care, aligned to the standards and expected scope of practice at each institution.

Vascular Surgery Program Standards

The Optimal Resources for Vascular Surgery and Interventional Care offers structure and guidance for hospitals providing inpatient vascular care.

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