Why is life expectancy declining in America? This analysis makes sense: "What makes us unique among our economic peers is our high rate of accident casualties (136,000 in 2017) and suicides.” thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/04/1…

Association of Duration and Type of Surgical Prophylaxis With Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Events jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

Wow! What a talk by Dr. Mattox. Go to the heart of danger and there you will find safety. Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) @Kmattox1

2019 Resident Paper Competition - Association of VA Surgeons vasurgeons.org/4/post/2019/05… - summary by Trauma Surgeon Dr. Kenneth Lipshy Kenneth lipshy American College of Surgeons The ACS Committee on Trauma

In patients who are nonhypotensive, a narrowed pulse pressure is an independent early predictor of active hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion and intervention for hemorrhage control. ow.ly/VmW950uZMNP Kenji Inaba @KeckMedUSC

Ultimately, the ability to extrapolate tools to predict patients who absolutely will not benefit from surgery will be an ongoing issue ja.ma/2osB2j3

If Rendezvous is not feasible in your institution, develop skills to dilate cystic duct, put scope in and extract the stones. Also following LFTs likely not very helpful. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29929909

For students / residents... ever wondered about those needle names? Here's a list of codes...

"The loss of providers will come from many causes—quarantine, sickness, caring for their own family, cohorting—but it will be the creeping fear and feeling of abandonment that eats at us the most," Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Here’s a useful overview of the likely scenarios that the world will be facing in the coming months while managing this pandemic. So much depends on our ability to make good decisions going forward along with our ability to remain resilient. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Cohort study finds short & long-term survival after complex cancer surgery are higher at top-ranked cancer hospitals compared to the affiliates of top-ranked cancer hospitals. ja.ma/2ZCPWDt

Masks make a difference! Following the implementation of our executive order requiring masks be worn, we saw a decrease in cases that helped make Connecticut a leader in combatting coronavirus and flattening the curve.

From a peak of 450+ in house w 120 intubated, YaleNH Hospital started our day with 0 COVID patients in the ICU! For our colleagues fighting this virus around the world ... keep believing it is possible to beat it w/ collaboration across the community/hospital/state! Yale Internal Medicine

Congratulations Nirvana Hualong Jolanta! Cover of stm.sciencemag.org! 3-year results of RADAR show durability, functionality in women; rat model shows benefit in hemodynamics. International collaboration Yale Surgery CHU de Nice @uca_research Zhengzhou U Yale Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy Yale University

Congratulations to the Dardik Lab, especially our Yale Surgical Residency on the cover of Science Translational Medicine! Seriously!

Though we’re told not to touch needle w/ forceps if you grasp needle near but not on tip, you can “pirouette” needle from forehand to backhand when sewing w/ Castro ⁦Karim Brohi⁩ ⁦Joseph L. Mills MD⁩ ⁦Kari Jerge, MD, FACS 🪷🏴‍☠️ she/her⁩ ⁦Dr. Bowser, MD, FACS 🔥⁩ #MedStudentTwitter #VascularTwitter

Honored to have matched at ThoracicSurgeryMSK for CT surgery fellowship! Many thanks to Yale Surgery, Yale Surgical Residency, and inspirational mentors Dr. Boffa, Dr. Detterbeck and Peter Yoo. Can’t wait to get to work! #CTSurgery

Thank you for this excellent recommendation. I binge watched the series on my day off - such outstanding talks. Eagerly awaiting when your talk is uploaded and looking forward to the next few weeks of North American presentations. Eric Lim TSRA

Thoughtful and well written article! More problems with surrogate endpoints. I hope you continue this line of inquiry and answer these important questions.

Great to see the results of JCOG0802 published in The Lancet. This is a practice changing trial (for at least some parts of the world) of lobectomy vs. segmentectomy for peripheral stage I lung cancer </=2cm. #lcsm #tssmn