Publications by authors named "Lisa Hood"

Chest radiographs provide vital information to clinicians. Medical professionals need to be proficient in interpreting chest radiographs to care for patients. This review examines online methods for teaching chest radiograph interpretation to non-radiologists.

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Introduction: Porto-mesenteric venous thrombosis (PMVT) is a significant complication that occurs more frequently after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) than other bariatric procedures and presents later than other venous thromboembolic (VTE) events often 2 weeks after the operation. The common current practice in bariatric surgery of perioperative chemoprophylaxis until discharge may not adequately prevent PMVT. Therefore, a 30-day post-discharge chemoprophylaxis (PDC) might reduce the incidence of PMVT.

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