Publications by authors named "Jessica E DeCaro"
Study Design: Systematic review.
Objectives: The objectives of this systematic review were to report the available clinical evidence on patient outcomes associated with perioperative allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in adult patients undergoing spinal surgery and to determine whether there is any evidence to support an association between transfusion timing and clinical outcomes.
Methods: A systematic review of the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases was performed to identify all articles examining outcomes of adult spinal surgery patients who received perioperative allogeneic RBC transfusions.
Background: Transplant recipients are at increased risk of developing skin cancer as a result of chronic immunosuppression. Educating patients on sun protection has been routine posttransplantation, but to our knowledge, no systematic review has yet analyzed the efficacy of such education measures in this high-risk population.
Objective: We sought to examine the efficacy of educating transplant recipients on skin cancer and sun protection.