Metallized plastic sheeting (m.p.s.) was used in 14 neurosurgical patients and changes in body heat content during surgery compared with those of 14 control patients. All patients, except three in the study group and one in the control group, lost heat by the end of the operation. There was, however, a statistically significant reduction in heat loss in the patients wrapped in m.p.s. Measuremen...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) published the 2012/2013 edition of the book entitled "Best Practices for Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy: Position and Guidance Documents of ASHP" with Bruce Hawkins as the editor. (ISSN: 15558975). Pages 582-667 of this book contain the section: "Therapeutic Guidelines on Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery". This section includes cur...

The systematic review is a new category of fellowship research project. A systematic review is a complete literature review based on a clearly formatted research question. In the performance of the systematic review all relevant studies are identified, and appraised for their quality. The data from all of the selected studies are then summarized. The systematic, explicit, and transparent approa...

The effective surface area ae of 14 variants of three highly effective types of packings (IMTP, Raschig Super-Ring (RSR) and Ralu-Flow) made of stainless steel or plastic is investigated as a function of the liquid superficial velocity. The packing size varied from 20 to 70 mm, and the liquid superficial velocity from 5 and 200 m/(mh). The comparison of the obtained data shows the following: Am...

BACKGROUND A systematic review of the literature was performed to clarify the psychosocial characteristics of patients who have an interest in cosmetic plastic surgery. METHODS Medical literature was reviewed by two independent researchers, and a third reviewer evaluated their results. RESULTS Twelve studies addressing the predictors of interest in cosmetic surgery were finally identified a...

BACKGROUND Plastic surgery is among the most competitive specialties in medicine, but little is known about the attributes of programs that are most attractive to successful applicants. This study aimed to understand and provide insights regarding program characteristics that are most influential to students when ranking plastic surgery programs. METHODS An anonymous online survey was conduct...

BACKGROUND Resident clinics are thought to catalyze educational milestone achievement through opportunities for progressively autonomous surgical care, but studies are lacking for general plastic surgery resident clinics (PSRCs). We demonstrate the achievement of increased surgical autonomy and continuity of care in a PSRC. METHODS A retrospective review of all patients seen in a PSRC from Oc...

BACKGROUND Successfully completing a surgical informed consent process is an important element of the preoperative consult. A previous study of Dutch general surgeons demonstrated that the implementation of SIC did not meet acceptable standards. However, the quality of the SIC process in the orthopedic surgical or plastic surgical arena is unknown. METHODS Following ethical approval, an onlin...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Patient-reported outcome measurements assessing the emotional state of children and adolescents who seek plastic surgery are important for determining whether the intervention is indicated or not. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and validate the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (child/adolescent and parent versions) for Brazilian Portuguese, test i...