578: When Should Feeds Be Resumed After Surgical Feeding Tube Placement? A Survey of EAST Members

Should anticoagulation be resumed after intracerebral hemorrhage?

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the most feared and the most deadly complication of oral anticoagulant therapy, eg, with warfarin (Coumadin). After such an event, clinicians wonder whether their patients should resume anticoagulant therapy. The authors review the management of anticoagulation during and after anticoagulation-associated ICH.

Transpyloric Feeding Tube Placement Using Electromagnetic Placement Device in Children.

BACKGROUND Transpyloric feeding tubes (TPT) are often recommended in critically ill children. Blind tube placement, however, can be difficult, be time-consuming, and incur multiple radiation exposures. An electromagnetic device (EMD) is available for confirmation of successful placement of TPTs. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the efficacy of an EMD for TPT placement in ch...

Supervisors Should Be More Vigilant When Their Students Are Writing an Article

در سخن سردبیری شماره مردادماه سال 1394 مجله دانشگاه، به ضرورت چاپ مقاله از پایان­نامه­های مقاطع مختلف تحصیلی اشاره کردیم و در همان جا، از اساتید راهنما درخواست کردیم که به جهت پرهیز از رویداد هرگونه تخلف پژوهشی توسط دانشجویان، نقش فعال­تری را در این زمینه ایفاء نمایند [1]. هم­چنین و پیش از آن، در  سخن سردبیری شماره بهمن و اسفندماه سال 1391 مجله دانشگاه، درخواست نموده بودیم که دانشجویان نقش فعال...

When should patients be allowed to drive after ICD implantation?

When Should Control Be Shared?

We analyze the costs and benefits of allowing stakeholders in a firm to share control. In our model, there are conflicts among stakeholders and bargaining does not always lead to efficient decision-making. Although the logic of the Coase Theorem is such that bargaining problems lower the efficiency of decision-making regardless of who has control, we show that conflicts among parties favor undi...