Impact of Ketorolac on Reoperation for Hemorrhage After Pediatric Tonsillectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Propensity-Matched Study.

Objective: To determine if perioperative ketorolac is associated with an increased rate of reoperation for hemorrhage after pediatric tonsillectomy at 30 days and 48 hours.

Study Design: Single-center retrospective propensity-matched study.

Setting: Quaternary pediatric hospital and ambulatory surgery center.

Comparing outcomes of percutaneous cholecystostomy drain placement between patients within and outside of Tokyo guidelines diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis.

Objective: To compare outcomes following percutaneous cholecystostomy drain placement based on presence or absence of Tokyo Guidelines diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis.

Methods: Chart review was performed to identify the presence or absence of Tokyo Guidelines diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis in 146 patients who underwent percutaneous cholecystostomy between 2012 and 2015. Those who met criteria were compared to those who did not in terms of demographics, laboratory values, drain indwelling time, treatment response, eventual surgical management, and 30-day mortality.

Recruitment in Surgery and Interventional Radiology: Factors in Female Trainees' Specialty Decisions.

Objective: This study aims to identify factors influencing female medical students' decision-making about specialties, specifically surgery and interventional radiology (IR), in an effort to inform future recruitment and professional development strategies.

Design: An electronic survey was created to assess both qualitative and quantitative data.

Setting: The survey was sent prior to a symposium for trainees interested in pursuing IR or surgery, held at University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) in February 2019.

Accuracy of Clinicians' Ability to Predict the Need for Intensive Care Unit Readmission.

Determining when an intensive care unit (ICU) patient is ready for discharge to the ward is a complex daily challenge for any ICU care team. Patients who experience unplanned readmissions to the ICU have increased mortality, length of stay, and cost compared with those not readmitted during their hospital stay. The accuracy of clinician prediction for ICU readmission is unknown.

C-DPA-713 has much greater specific binding to translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in human brain than C-( R)-PK11195.

Positron emission tomography (PET) radioligands for translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) are widely used to measure neuroinflammation, but controversy exists whether second-generation radioligands are superior to the prototypical agent C-( R)-PK11195 in human imaging. This study sought to quantitatively measure the "signal to background" ratio (assessed as binding potential ( BP)) of C-( R)-PK11195 compared to one of the most promising second-generation radioligands, C-DPA-713. Healthy subjects had dynamic PET scans and arterial blood measurements of radioligand after injection of either C-( R)-PK11195 (16 subjects) or C-DPA-713 (22 subjects).