… The American Society for Bariatric Surgery recently changed its name to the American
Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, reflecting growing knowledge that WLS has benefits …

Opioid overdose accounted for more than 47,000 deaths in the United States in 2018. The
risk of new persistent opioid use following breast cancer surgery is significant, with up to 10% …

… For this, an expert panel composed of 14 international key opinion leaders in the field of
CAP from 10 countries across five continents, who were not involved in producing the 2019 …

… in osteoporosis, an expert panel was convened with representatives from the American
Society of Bone and Mineral Research, the International Society of Clinical Densitometry, and …

… PLEASE NOTE: A version of this document will be considered for conversion to an American
Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) practice parameter in the future. However, until that …

… American Society of Anesthesiologists guidelines suggest that the threshold for a red blood
cell transfusion is a hemoglobin level within 60 to 100 g/L, the threshold for plasma is an …

… The expert panel reviewed the previously drafted 12 key clinical questions, phrased in a
Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome format (Table 2). The key questions were …

… The expert panel drafted a total of 19 key clinical questions in a PICO (population, intervention,
comparator, outcome) format (six related to questions from the 3rd Edition of the Lung …

… For such cases, the GOC has created a carefully structured approach permitting a
convened expert panel to develop such guidance. The foundation of this approach includes a …

The healthcare workforce is currently unprepared for the increasing number of older persons
and the complexities of their healthcare needs. Too few healthcare workers are adequately …