Length Of Stay

Fewer women received cardiology referrals during index hospitalization and poststroke cardiac monitoring compared with men, and women had shorter average hospital stays, a speaker reported.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video from the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Rutva A. Vora, BASc, discusses a pilot study that analyzed the impact of time from ED to OR on surgical outcomes in patients with hip fractures.

SAN DIEGO — Carrying out extubation readiness assessments twice a day lowered median ICU length of stay, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Based off of the Rome severity classification for COPD exacerbations, more hospitalized patients with severe vs. mild exacerbation received mechanical ventilation and died over 3 years, according to results published in CHEST.

The diagnostic yield for interstitial lung disease was comparable between immediate surgical lung biopsy and a strategy that began with transbronchial cryobiopsy, according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome each had elevated odds for extended nonsurgical hospital stays and high costs, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Compared with manual total hip arthroplasty, robotic-assisted THA was linked to shorter average length of stay and fewer patients requiring discharge to a skilled nursing facility, according to published results.

Patients who received a preoperative medical evaluation at a perioperative medical clinic within 30 days of total joint arthroplasty had decreased length of stay with no effect on patient-reported outcomes, according to published data.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Adolph V. Lombardi Jr., MD, discussed how surgeons can supplement the outpatient total joint arthroplasty process with rapid recovery protocols.

A short-stay strategy designed to lower cost of care may improve quality of life of low-risk patients with acute HF in the ED, but the trial was underpowered due to low enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported.