Items Tagged ‘surgeons’
August 29, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 30, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
Tags: 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, anesthesiologist, Big News Network, biochemist, blood loss, BMJ, Boise State Public Radio, bone marrow transplant, Breast Cancer, breast cancer research, breast feeding, British Medical Journal
March 8, 2013
What surgeons leave behind costs some patients dearly
A separate study published the same year by doctors at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic found that counts failed to show anything amiss in 68% of cases where a sponge was lost. “When you’re counting multiple objects over a longer course of time, such as an operation, and you have significant competing priorities and tasks that need […]
Tags: Dr. Robert Cima, leave behind, lost sponge, sponge, surgeons, USA Today