Postpartum depression, infant feeding practices, and infant weight gain at six months of age.

Introduction: This study examined postpartum depression (PPD) as a potential risk factor for non-adherence to infant feeding guidelines and subsequent infant weight gain.

Methods: Participants were mother-infant dyads from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II (N = 1447). Main study variables were PPD, breastfeeding intensity, addition of cereal to infant formula, and age of introduction to solid foods.

Factors influencing unexpected disposition after orthopedic ambulatory surgery.

Study Objective: To analyze whether patient characteristics, ambulatory facility type, anesthesia provider and technique, procedure type, and temporal factors impact the outcome of unexpected disposition after ambulatory knee and shoulder surgery.

Design: Retrospective analysis of a national database.

Setting: Freestanding and hospital-based ambulatory surgery facilities.

Accidental subcutaneous remifentanil infusion as a cause of delayed awakening after craniotomy.

We report a case of accidental subcutaneous infusion of remifentanil as a cause of delayed awakening after a craniotomy.

Do race, gender, and source of payment impact on anesthetic technique for inguinal hernia repair?

Study Objective: To evaluate the potential differences in the type of anesthesia provided to patients of different race, gender, and source of payment undergoing inguinal hernia repair (IHR).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Ambulatory surgical centers/National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery.