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Anesthesiology
January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Tranexamic acid is an anti-fibrinolytic agent routinely used during hip and knee joint replacement surgery to minimize bleeding. Chronic kidney disease is a common chronic health problem seen among adults requiring major arthroplasty surgery. Tranexamic acid is renally cleared and may accumulate in chronic kidney disease.
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January 2025
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
J Hosp Med
January 2025
Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine, Sinai Health, Toronto, Canada.
Emerg Med Australas
February 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The continued use of low-value care interventions is a persisting challenge across the healthcare system despite targeted international efforts to reduce their use. These practices result in considerable economic and carbon costs. We present a model used to successfully de-implement four low-value care practices in a tertiary ED in Victoria, Australia.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin.
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