Nephrology providers' perspective and use of mortality prognostic tools in dialysis patients.

Background: Mortality prognostic tools exist to aid in shared decision making with kidney failure patients but are underutilized. This study aimed to elucidate nephrology providers' practice patterns and understand barriers to prognostic tool use.

Methods: Nephrology providers (8 physicians and 2 nurse practitioners) at an academic medical center underwent semi-structured interviews regarding their experience and perspective on the utility of mortality prognostic tools.

Delayed inferior epigastric bleed following robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: An algorithmic approach.

Definitive surgical treatment for prostate cancer continues to evolve with robotic prostatectomy being the preferred technique. This technique has led to decreased blood loss and transfusion rates. Although uncommon, this case report presents a rare incident of delayed inferior epigastric bleed from a port site after a robotic prostatectomy.

Venous thromboembolism in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Disease burden and initiation of ambulatory thromboprophylaxis.

Background/objectives: Ambulatory thromboprophylaxis (AT) in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) reduces venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk and is recommended for patients receiving systemic chemotherapy. We evaluated VTE rates, severity, timing, and risk factors in PAC patients as well as AT rates and initiation times.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with PAC were included.

Reoperations in Adolescents and Adults After Prior Arterial Switch Operation: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis.

Background: Arterial switch operation (ASO) has supplanted physiologic repairs for transposition of the great arteries and related anomalies. As survival rates have increased, so has the potential need for cardiac reoperations to address ASO-related complications arising later in life.

Methods: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (2010-2021) was reviewed to assess prevalence and types of cardiac reoperations for patients aged ≥10 years with prior ASO for transposition of the great arteries or double-outlet right ventricle/transposition of the great arteries type.

Causes and outcomes of non-chemotherapy induced neutropenic fever in hospitalized adults: An observational study.

Neutropenic fever in adults undergoing chemotherapy for cancer treatment is a medical emergency and has been the focus of numerous studies. However, there is a paucity of data about non-chemotherapy induced neutropenic fever (non-CINF). We retrospectively reviewed 383 adults with neutropenic fever hospitalized at one academic medical center between October 2015 and September 2020 to characterize the frequency, causes, and outcomes of non-CINF.