UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the addition of General Surgery to its clinical knowledge system. Subscribers to UpToDate can now access clinical information and evidence-based recommendations in 19 specialties.
UpToDate is an evidence-based resource that improves patient outcomes by providing physicians with fast, accurate clinical answers to help them make the right decisions at the point of care. Beta testing by 339 general surgeons has shown that UpToDate answers 94 percent of general surgeons' clinical questions and 87 percent of their surgery-specific questions.
Editors-in-Chief of the new General Surgery content are Dr. Raphael E Pollock and Dr. David Soybel. These editors, along with 19 section editors, worked to develop topics that cover all the major areas of General Surgery. These include abdominal wall and hernia, bariatric and metabolic, breast, burn, colorectal, endocrine, head and neck, pancreatic and hepatobiliary, plastic and reconstructive, skin and soft tissue, thoracic, trauma, upper GI, and vascular surgery. Also included are sections on minimally invasive surgery, as well as anesthesia and analgesia, general surgical principles and surgical quality and safety.
Widely accepted by more than 450,000 clinicians worldwide, UpToDate improves health outcomes by providing clinicians with current, comprehensive clinical knowledge, including treatment recommendations based on the best medical evidence. Created by more than 4,800 editors, authors and peer reviewers from leading medical institutions, UpToDate monitors more than 460 journals to ensure that the most recent information and recommendations are incorporated into the system.
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