Predictive factors for readmission after bariatric surgery: Experience of an obesity center.

Avoidable readmissions after bariatric surgery are a major burden on the healthcare systems. Rates of readmission after bariatric surgery have ranged from 1% up to 20%, but the factors that predict readmission have not been well studied. The objective of this study was to determine readmission rates following bariatric surgery and identify factors that contribute to early (within 90 days of surgery) and late readmission.

Outcomes of Surgical and Mechanical Thrombectomy in Massive Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: A National Perspective.

Introduction Saddle pulmonary embolism (PE) is a type of central PE that involves the bifurcation of the pulmonary arteries. First-line treatment is usually systemic thrombolytics, but surgical and mechanical thrombectomy (ST and MT) are used for patients with contraindications to thrombolytics or right heart strain. This study compares surgical and mechanical thrombectomy trends and outcomes in patients with saddle PE.

Correction to: Septal bowing and pulmonary artery diameter on computed tomography pulmonary angiography are associated with short-term outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

The above article was published online with an error in an author's last name: It should be Muzikansky (and not Muzikanski). The correct name is presented here. The original article has been corrected.

Septal bowing and pulmonary artery diameter on computed tomography pulmonary angiography are associated with short-term outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Purpose: Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) can quickly deteriorate and the condition has high mortality due to right ventricular (RV) failure. Immediately available predictors of adverse outcome are of major interest to the treating physician in the acute setting. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate if easily attainable measurements of RV function from the diagnostic computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) provide information for fast risk stratification in patients with acute PE.

Factors associated with clinical deterioration shortly after PE.

Background: Several factors have been associated with mortality in the months after PE. Factors associated with short-term clinical deterioration or need for hospital-based intervention are less well known.

Methods: We prospectively enrolled consecutive emergency department patients with PE and recorded clinical, biomarker and radiographic data.

The pattern of active pulmonary tuberculosis in adults at King Hussein Medical Center, Jordan.

Objective: To identify the pattern of the clinical, radiological, and diagnostic procedures of the diagnosed cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients presented to the Respiratory Medicine Division at King Hussein Medical Center over the last 10 years.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of the medical records and chest radiographs of 137 active pulmonary TB patients who were diagnosed between March 1995 and October 2005. Patient's symptoms were recorded and analyzed.