Adult surgery

Bariatric surgery could reduce the risk of specific types of breast cancer
Úna Kerin

Evidence-Based Nursing Apr 2021, 24 (2) 65; DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103155
Peer mentorship of hospital inpatients with substance use disorders is associated with beneficial outcomes
Terence V. McCann, Dan I. Lubman

Evidence-Based Nursing Apr 2021, 24 (2) 66; DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103218
Frailty is a predictor of mortality in surgical emergency admissions among UK adults
Megumi Nimura, Gotaro Kojima

Evidence-Based Nursing Jan 2021, 24 (1) 22; DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103197
Being non-frail and having an elective procedure are the strongest predictors associated with functional recovery among older survivors of major surgery
Kaye Rolls, Lynette Mc Evoy, Matthew Ritcher, Steven A Frost

Evidence-Based Nursing Jul 2020, 23 (3) 81; DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103152

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