In the roundtable that follows, clinicians discuss a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research. Article…
We read, with great interest, the article by Grunebaum et al “Effect of a comprehensive obstetric patient safety program on compensation payments and sentinel events.” As longstanding patient safety advocates,…
We read the study by Sheiner et al with great interest and commend them for confirming the absence of adverse effects of early pregnancy after maternal bariatric surgery. The article,…
We would like to congratulate the Journal for their Patient Safety series. This series has among other things raised awareness of this critical frontier of medicine. It has also vindicated…
I have read with great interest the review article by Gunatilake and Perlow in your February 2011 issue. Although the article is presented as a comprehensive review about the clinical…
Anti–N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis is an emerging disease that affects young women. Its diagnosis can be delayed because of the neuropsychiatric symptoms in the foreground, but early removal of the associated…
The Meigs syndrome is a rare but well known syndrome in which removal of the tumor results in cure. We report a case of a regressive Meigs syndrome after a…
This study was conducted to document quantitatively the intraperitoneal temperature and desiccation during laparoscopic surgery. The temperature, relative humidity, and flow rate were measured in vitro and during laparoscopic surgery,…
Case notes We developed, in portable document format (PDF), a detailed 3-dimensional (3D) interactive anatomic model of 23 pelvic structures that include the muscles, ligaments, and fascia of the pelvic…
The reduction in maternal deaths over the last 100 years in high-income countries is one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine, but one that, in recent years, seems to…
