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AUTHORS: Nafiu, Olubukola O., MD, FRCA, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 21, 2019 BACKGROUND: Many of the common equations used for body surface area determination were either introduced before the widespread prevalence of childhood obesity, contained very few children in their sample, or have not been assessed in overweight/obese children. Therefore, we compared 6 body […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press Dr. Li Dianyou uses a tablet computer to adjust the settings of a deep brain stimulation device implanted in the brain of a methamphetamine user named Yan, left, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, China. Western attempts to push forward with human trials of DBS for […]
Read MoreAuthor: Christina Frangou Anesthesiology News Clinicians Share Promising Initiatives at ACS Clinical Congress It was a theme that wove through the scientific forums, panels, town halls and postgraduate courses of the 2018 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons: Every surgeon in the United States can and should play a role in reducing the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nell W. Buhlman and Thomas H. Lee, MD Harvard Business Review MAY 08, 2019 Health care executives know that patient experience and workforce engagement are intertwined, but few providers integrate and analyze these data to really understand the connection. Management tends to take it on faith that improving patient experience and enhancing employee engagement […]
Read MoreHealth care workers often face physical and verbal abuse from patients and patients’ family members. By Marlene Harris-Taylor U.S. News and World Report Across the country, many doctors, nurses and other health care workers have remained silent about what is being called an epidemic of violence against them. The violent outbursts come from patients and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhang, Zuojing, MM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 21, 2019 BACKGROUND: Risk of intraoperative hypothermia is relatively high in middle-aged and elderly patients undergoing curative resection of esophageal cancer, which may cause myocardial ischemia during the early postoperative period. The objective of this study was to compare aggressive or standard body temperature management for lowering […]
Read MoreThis is important for our readers that treat children in the OR and the ICU. Children with life-threatening respiratory failure who require mechanical ventilation in a paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) commonly experience rapid muscle atrophy, according to a study published in PLOS ONE. More than 80% of children enrolled in the study experienced atrophy in […]
Read MoreThis is important to our providers who treat pain because phantom limb pain is so difficult to treat. Researchers are pioneering the use of primary targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) to prevent or reduce debilitating phantom limb and stump pain in amputees. Primary TMR — the rerouting of nerves cut during amputation into surrounding muscle — […]
Read MoreThis is for our providers that treat pain patients. aking prescribed opioids increases the risk of pneumonia in individuals with and without HIV, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study reinforces the concern that prescription opioid painkillers have a negative impact on the immune system. It also underscores the need for awareness […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Mendis, Nicholas, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 3 – p 533–542 Perioperative intermediate care units (termed surgical special care units) have been widely implemented across health systems because they are believed to improve surveillance and management of high-risk surgical patients. Our objective was to conduct a systematic […]
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