Sarah E. Gelfand

TL;DR: Patients who undergo resection for lung cancer at hospitals that perform large numbers of such procedures are likely to survive longer than patients who have such surgery at hospitals with a low volume of lung-resection procedures.

TL;DR: The primary aims of this paper are to summarize and evaluate published data that address care of patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and to improve the care that these patients receive by identifying efficacious and inefficacious treatment strategies.

TL;DR: Although suggestions for appropriate management can be made based on available evidence, the supporting literature is spotty and will require an improved, generally acceptable, and transportable definition of the syndrome "acute exacerbation of COPD" and improved methods for observing and measuring outcomes.

TL;DR: Patients were more likely to receive radiation treatment if they had an abdominal perineal resection, stage III disease, or a T4 tumor, and further efforts are needed to ensure that elderly patients have the opportunity to make informed decisions regarding adjuvant treatment.

TL;DR: Findings substantiate the need for aggressive interventions to prevent VRE transmission and confirm the importance of vaccination against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.