Doing More and Doing Better in Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Doing Better By Knowing More

series of forums honoring the memory of Harold Richman, who, with his friend and colleague Tom Joe, founded the Center for the Study of Social Policy in 1979 and chaired its board from 2000 until his death in 2009. Harold contributed much to the field of children's and family services. His distinguished career reflected his belief that actions to improve children's and families' lives require a...

Including patients in resuscitation decisions in Switzerland: from doing more to doing better.

BACKGROUND Decisions regarding Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders remain demanding, as does including patients in the process. OBJECTIVES To explore physicians' justification for CPR/DNAR orders and decisions regarding patient inclusion, as well as their reports of how they initiated discussions with patients. METHODS We administered a face-t...

Doing More with Fluorophores

Live cell image of mutNHEJ (red) and HDR (green) events. Image courtesy of M.T. Certo. Traffic Light Gives the Go-Ahead for Genome Engineering Onemethod for engineering genomes exploits endogenous pathways that repair DNA breaks following treatment with endonucleases with rare cut sites. To elucidate variables that influence repair outcomes following cleavage, Certo et al. (2011) now describe a...

Incentive spirometry following thoracic surgery: what should we be doing?

BACKGROUND Thoracic surgery may cause reduced respiratory function and pulmonary complications, with associated increased risk of mortality. Postoperative physiotherapy aims to reverse atelectasis and secretion retention, and may include incentive spirometry. OBJECTIVES To review the evidence for incentive spirometry, examining the physiological basis, equipment and its use following thoracic...

Why aren't we doing better?