Does clinician-initiated Clostridioides difficile testing improve outcomes of patients with Clostridioides Difficile infection?

Background: Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a common hospital-acquired infection which can lead to major implications for patients and our health care system. In this study, we examine a policy change at a single-site Veterans Affairs Healthcare system that allowed bedside nurses to order C.

Evaluation of ACS-NSQIP and CR-POSSUM risk calculators for the prediction of mortality after colorectal surgery: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Several risk calculating tools have been introduced into clinical practice to provide patients and clinicians with objective, individualised estimates of procedure-related unfavourable outcomes. The currently available risk calculators (RCs) have been developed by well-endowed health systems in Europe and the USA. Applicability of these RCs in low-middle income country (LMIC) settings with wide disparities in patient population, surgical practice and healthcare infrastructure has not been adequately examined.

Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of Pancreas with Sinistral Portal Hypertension: A Rare Presentation.

An elderly male presented with complaint of dull aching pain in left upper abdomen of 2 months' duration. He was well built, and on abdominal examination, a large lump was palpable in left lumbar region. His biochemical, hematological parameters and tumor markers including CA 19.