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Additional post-operative NP measurement enhanced risk stratification for the composite outcomes of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 30 days and ≥180 days after noncardiac surgery compared with a pre-operative NP measurement alone.

Increased postoperative BNPs are independently associated with adverse cardiac events after noncardiac surgery.

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is commonly performed, and several factors increase the

Right-sided colorectal cancers had a worse prognosis than left-sided and rectal cancers, possibly because of more advanced staging and fewer curative resections.

Readmissions and complications following cholecystectomy are common and associated with patient and disease characteristics.

Background: Acute pancreatitis has a variable natural history and in a proportion of patients is associated with severe complications and a significant risk of death. The various tools available for risk assessment in acute pancreatitis are reviewed. Presented in part to a meeting of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Mumbai,

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