Early discharge in the bariatric population does not increase post-discharge resource utilization.

Introduction: There is a trend toward shorter-stay bariatric surgery. However, reducing LOS may increase complications and post-discharge resource utilization. Our goal was to compare outcomes before and after implementation of short-stay bariatric surgery.

Fat embolism in pediatric patients: an autopsy evaluation of incidence and etiology.

Introduction: Little is known about the incidence and etiology of fat embolism in pediatric patients. We sought to determine the incidence, time course, and associated factors of pulmonary fat embolism (PFE), cerebral fat embolism (CFE), and kidney fat embolism (KFE) in trauma and nontrauma pediatric patients at the time of autopsy.

Methods: Retrospectively, a convenience sample of consecutive pediatric patients (age, ≤10 years) who had undergone autopsy between 2008 and 2012 were evaluated for fat embolism.