HOUSE-SURGEONS AT INQUESTS.

Clinical Ophthalmology for House Surgeons and Students

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Use of physician assistants as surgery/trauma house staff at an American College of Surgeons-verified Level II trauma center.

BACKGROUND Historically, surgical physicians staff trauma centers, which provide trauma patients with improved outcomes. Such benefits fuel the expansion of designated trauma centers. Cutbacks in residency programs of surgical specialties, however, necessitate substitutions for traditional trauma providers. METHODS A literature and record review was conducted to examine the use of physician a...

Inquests into London and Middlesex Homicides, 1675-1782

Depositions for coroners' inquests on 377 deaths, nearly all of them homicides, were reviewed and analyzed for reported causes and circumstances of death. The role of coroner and surgeon and the emergence of the medicolegal autopsy are considered.

Minor Surgery for the Use of House Surgeons, Dressers and Junior Practitioners

Spine surgeons' requirements for imaging at the time of referral: a survey of Canadian spine surgeons.

BACKGROUND Routine imaging of patients with spine-related complaints referred for surgical assessment may represent an inefficient use of technological resources. Our objective was to explore Canadian spine surgeons' requirements with respect to imaging studies accompanying spine-related referrals. METHODS We administered an 8-item survey to all 100 actively practising surgeon members of the ...