Chances Of Surviving Cardiac Arrest Depend On Where Patients Are Treated

Chances Of Surviving Cardiac Arrest Depend On Where Patients Are Treated
Efforts to fight the toll of cardiac arrest have typically focused on pre-hospital factors -- bystander CPR education and improvement, public defibrillation programs, and quicker EMS response. But new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine reveals that the hospital where patients are cared for after being resuscitated plays a key role in their chances of survival following these incidents, which takes the lives of more than 300,000 Americans each year.

Significance Of LVI In TURBT And Cystectomy Specimens On Survival Of Patients With Urothelial Bladder Cancer
UroToday.com - Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in urothelial cancer has recently gained interest in the urology community. Several papers have been published emphasizing the poor prognostic significance of this finding both on TURBT (transurethral resection of bladder tumor) and cystectomy specimens.