The Impact of Chronic Medical Conditions on Mortality in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Purpose: To examine the impact of chronic comorbidities on mortality in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

Materials And Methods: Retrospective cohort study of adults with ARDS (ICD-10-CM code J80) from the National Inpatient Sample between January, 2016 and December, 2018. For the primary outcome of mortality, we conducted weighted logistic regression adjusting for factors identified on univariate analysis as potentially significant or differing between the two groups at baseline.

What We Owe the World Wars: Challenges That Fueled Surgical Innovation.

War has the unique ability to intensify obstacles that surgeons face daily in civilian hospitals. After a brief overview of the historical context of the first and second world wars, this article will focus on how those daily challenges, namely limited skill, bleeding, and infection, led to an era of surgical innovation and standardization of surgical education.