STS releases new guidelines to improve bypass outcomes in women
Patient Safety Monitor Insider, January 27, 2005
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) released a gender-specific practice guideline to provide surgeons with ways to improve outcomes for women who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery, according to Newswise.
"As clinical data become more accessible, physicians discover that what we know to do and what we actually do are suprisingly different," said Fred Edwards, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Florida, Shands Jacksonville, and chair of the society's workforce on national databases. "If we follow the recommendations of this guideline, then almost certainly female operative mortality would decrease."
To read the gender-specific guidelines, click here.
To read the Newswise article, click here.
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