Measurement characteristics and clinical utility of the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form for individuals with multiple sclerosis.

This Rehabilitation Measures Database summary provides a review of the psychometric properties of the BPI in individuals with MS. A full review of the BPI as well as reviews of over 330 other instruments can be found at www.rehabmeasures.

Risk of morbidity and mortality following hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.

Introduction: Hepatic, pancreatic, and complex biliary (HPB) surgery can be associated with major morbidity and significant mortality. For the past 5 years, the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) has gathered robust data on patients undergoing HPB surgery. We sought to use the ACS-NSQIP data to determine which preoperative variables were predictive of adverse outcomes in patients undergoing HPB surgery.