Monthly archives for June 2020

Call for papers focussing on Nursing and Allied Health Professional research in ERAS

There is an open call for papers focussing on Nursing and Allied Health Professional research in ERAS. The journal Medicina has an open Special Issue titled “Nursing and Allied Health Professional Focused Research on Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS)”. It is calling for articles that highlight the innovative work undertaken by nurses and allied health […]

The Controversies of Mechanical Bowel and Oral Antibiotic Preparation in Elective Colorectal Surgery

Brief summary: After including the results of two recent randomised controlled trials, this updated meta-analysis suggests that oral antibiotics alone or a combination of mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics is superior to no bowel preparation in patients undergoing colorectal surgery when surgical site infection and anastomotic leak rates are considered. The article is available […]