New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), in collaboration with several other groups, are now available for the perioperative evaluation and ...

Authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse ...

Two surgical groups have updated the guidelines for bariatric surgery for the first time in three decades. The guidelines mean vastly more people are eligible for weight loss surgery. But whether ...

Here are best practices and guidelines for the correct coding and billing of five common gynecology procedures performed in ASCs. Here are the guidelines for locating the correct/most precise ...

(All of these codes are to be listed separately in addition to the ASA code for the primary anesthesia procedure) Also note that these codes are not recognized by Medicare or Medicaid, but most ...

Whether a hospital policy of tranexamic acid administration for patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery safely reduces the need for red-cell transfusion is uncertain. We conducted a multicenter, ...

Perioperative anemia and red blood cell transfusions are important risk factors for morbidity and mortality in cardiac ...