June 08, 2026

Nurses Face High Physical, Cognitive Load in Trauma Surgery

Qualitative interviews identified four themes involving emergency challenges and response, teamwork, psychological stress and coping, and professional growth needs in trauma surgery.

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June 08, 2026

Surgeons Describe Rescue Barriers

Interviews with surgeons linked rescue failures to hierarchy, self-reliance, communication barriers, and system pressures.

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June 08, 2026

Shorter DAPT Tested Following CABG

TOP-CABG compared 3 months vs 12 months of ticagrelor plus aspirin following bypass surgery.

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June 03, 2026

Surgeon Sleep Timing Tied to Risk

Severe social jet lag among surgeons was associated with higher rates of major adverse events, independent of sleep duration, workload, and patient risk.

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June 01, 2026

Can Proteomics Refine Lung Screening?

Proteomic biomarkers improve short-term lung cancer risk assessment.

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May 29, 2026

AI Shows Promise for Intraoperative Lung Adenocarcinoma Assessment

A smartphone image–centered deep learning model showed promise for intraoperative diagnosis and grading of clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma, but grade-specific limitations and lack of outcomes data mean the tool remains investigational.

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May 22, 2026

Gender Bias Found in Regional Surgery Survey

Women surgeons were more often perceived as targets of workplace discrimination despite similar perceived clinical judgment and surgical skill.

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May 20, 2026

Lung NODES Improves Nodal Assessment

Community programs showed the largest gains in compliance with a surgical staging standard following participation in the Lung NODES collaborative.

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May 13, 2026

LV Function Mostly Preserved After ASO

CMR findings were largely reassuring in most patients, although late gadolinium enhancement was identified in a minority.

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May 12, 2026

7 Days Noninferior in Bacteremia

BALANCE compared 7 vs 14 days of treatment among hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections.

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