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Elective surgery is surgery that is not urgently required due to an emergency. Elective surgery may be performed for medical purposes, such as cataract surgery, or for other work such as breast implants. These are procedures that the person requiring them decides to undertake, and which may be helpful, but are not necessarily essential.
Study: Weight and BMI policies by NHS are inappropriate and worsen health inequalities

Study: Weight and BMI policies by NHS are inappropriate and worsen health inequalities

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

Most patients do not benefit from medical consultations before their surgery, study suggests

Most patients do not benefit from medical consultations before their surgery, study suggests

Study finds higher mortality rate among Black men after elective surgery

Study finds higher mortality rate among Black men after elective surgery

Simple nasal spray effective at easing sleep-disordered breathing in children

Simple nasal spray effective at easing sleep-disordered breathing in children

COPD patients have decreased survival and increased costs in the year after surgery

COPD patients have decreased survival and increased costs in the year after surgery

COVID-19 disruptions associated with lowest number of Australia’s public hospital elective surgeries

COVID-19 disruptions associated with lowest number of Australia’s public hospital elective surgeries

Healthy people over 65 years of age recommended to get a heart check-up before non-cardiac surgery

Healthy people over 65 years of age recommended to get a heart check-up before non-cardiac surgery

Report: Australians receiving kidney replacement therapy more than doubled between 2000 and 2020

Report: Australians receiving kidney replacement therapy more than doubled between 2000 and 2020

Older patients with potentially unhealthy alcohol intake report better quality of life post-surgery

Older patients with potentially unhealthy alcohol intake report better quality of life post-surgery

How is the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis Impacting Sepsis?

How is the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis Impacting Sepsis?

Incidence of post-surgical complications before and during COVID-19 pandemic

Incidence of post-surgical complications before and during COVID-19 pandemic

What the federal ‘No Surprises Act’ means in California

What the federal ‘No Surprises Act’ means in California

ACP guidelines: Uncomplicated diverticulitis can be treated in an outpatient setting without antibiotics

ACP guidelines: Uncomplicated diverticulitis can be treated in an outpatient setting without antibiotics

Posterior left pericardiotomy linked to prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Posterior left pericardiotomy linked to prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Your out-of-pocket health care costs need not be a mystery

Your out-of-pocket health care costs need not be a mystery

Virtual care with remote automated monitoring can improve outcomes after non-elective surgery

Virtual care with remote automated monitoring can improve outcomes after non-elective surgery

Covid-overwhelmed hospitals postpone cancer care and other treatment

Covid-overwhelmed hospitals postpone cancer care and other treatment

New £36 billion investment to bring health and social care system closer to sustainable footing

New £36 billion investment to bring health and social care system closer to sustainable footing

Do aerosol boxes prevent airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2?

Do aerosol boxes prevent airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2?