retrospective cohort study

(MedPage Today) -- Surgical oncologists got a mixed review for adherence to clinical guidelines, including high marks for adjuvant therapy but low grades for nodal management, authors of a retrospective cohort study concluded.

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Almost 90% of obese migraine patients had headache resolution or symptom improvement after bariatric surgery, data from a retrospective cohort study showed.

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Morbidly obese patients' risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) declined by as much as half after bariatric surgery as compared with matched surgical controls, results of a large retrospective cohort study showed.

(MedPage Today) -- The longer patients stay in an emergency department without being admitted, the higher the risk of death or admission within seven days, according to a Canadian population-based retrospective cohort study.

LAS VEGAS (MedPage Today) -- Hyperlipidemic obese patients had more than a 90% reduction in need for lipid-lowering therapy following laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, long-term data from a retrospective cohort study showed.

Initiating antibiotics within two days after patients are hospitalized for exacerbations of acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) appears to be associated with improved outcomes, a large retrospective cohort study showed.

Patients undergoing trauma surgery were equally likely to survive whether they were cared for by novice surgeons or a more experienced one, a retrospective cohort study showed.

Background. patients who present with abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) in primary care and no obvious symptoms can be difficult to manage.

Objective. The objective is to follow-up a cohort of liver function tested patients to determine their outcome.

MILWAUKEE (MedPage Today) -- The combined use of a seat belt and an air bag decreases the risk of suffering a fractured spine in a car or truck accident by 33%, a retrospective cohort study showed.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Interrupting Medicaid coverage is likely to aggravate conditions and relegate patients to high-cost hospitalizations they would not otherwise have needed, a retrospective cohort study showed.