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September 20, 2018 • Article
Developing Preoperative Risk Score for AAA
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms risk scores, based on four variables, allows accurate prediction of 30-day mortality after repair, according to a study published in October’s Journal of Vascular Surgery. The risk factors, which authors say can be readily assessed in the emergency room, include age of 76-plus; confidence interval of 1.47-4.97; P=.011); creatinine concentration of more than 2.0 mg/dl; and systolic blood pressure ever less than 70 mm Hf.
September 20, 2018 • Article
SPOTLIGHT ON LEADERSHIP: Interview with Ronald L. Dalman, MD
I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Ronald Dalman, the Walter C. and Elsa R. Chidester Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Stanford University. We focused on one of the five “practices” routinely embraced by successful leaders described by Kouzes and Posner in their book “The Leadership Challenge”: “challenging the process” and the courage to question the status quo and thoughtfully test new paradigms. VC: Tell me about your leadership style when it comes to implementing change. How do you prepare yourself for the potential risks associated with such change?
September 5, 2018 • Article
Vascular Nurses Week is Sept. 9-15
Vascular Nurses Week begins this Sunday, Sept. 9, and continues through Saturday, Sept. 15.
August 28, 2018 • Article
SVS Joins With Others to Seek E&M Documentation Changes in Letter to CMS
A coalition of more than 150 medical associations and societies, representing subspecialties and states and including the Society for Vascular Surgery, has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt changes to CMS’ proposed rule on Evaluation & Management services alterations for 2019. Details are outlined in a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma. The final rule is expected to be issued in early November.
August 24, 2018 • Article
Washington Update - NIH appropriations
In August, the U.S. House has taken a huge step forward in health and research funding, as Congress has not passed a Labor HHS funding bill without an omnibus since 2007.
