Vascular Surgery

ACP Pain Management 2: Pain Assessment

Chronic pain affects over 50 million people in the US and 1.5 billion world-wide. This is the second of a series of 9 interactive modules on Pain Management; 7 didactic modules and 2 modules of case studies. Using current evidence-based…

Surgeons and Burnout

Between 40% and 65% of surgeons are suffering from at least one symptom of burnout, according to a recent national study. Evidence indicates that burned-out surgeons are more likely to experience negative personal consequences such as addictions, sleep disorders, cardiovascular…

Escalation of Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Surgical residents do not always call the attending physician about critical patient events, believing that it is not necessary or that the call will not be welcome. Failure to call for help is associated with failure to rescue, adverse events…

Statins: What to Recommend When Guidelines Conflict?

More than 21% of US adults take lipid-lowering statin medications; however, the CDC states that many more people should be doing so. But who is eligible? The guidelines of the USPSTF, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the…