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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Only 1 in 4 Medicare patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation

I wanted to share with our readers because I thought it is interesting and since we often treat patients after they experience an acute heart event. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Journal AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Too few people covered by Medicare participated in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or acute heart event or […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
It’s not just bosses who harass health workers: Hospitals start addressing patients’ ‘egregious’ behavior

Author: JACQUELYN CORLEY STAT At Mayo Clinic last year, a male patient groped a female doctor in the presence of several other staff members. She immediately notified hospital administrators using a new reporting system, and the patient was terminated from the physician’s practice within 48 hours. Before this reporting process was created in 2017, the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Lawsuit accuses Pfizer of concealing cancer-causing chemical in Zantac

This is horrible so I wanted to share with our readers. Author: Maia Anderson – Becker’s Hosptial Review A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed Jan. 2 accusing Pfizer of hiding the fact that Zantac, which it made from 2000 to 2006, contains a carcinogen, according to the New York Law Journal. Pfizer never listed N-nitrosodimethylamine, or […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
No Association Between Induction Method and Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events in Overweight Children

Author: Ethan Covey Anesthesiology News There does not appear to be a significant association between induction method and serious perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) in a large cohort of overweight children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) following general anesthesia. The findings contradict previous studies that showed higher rates of PRAEs in children undergoing inhalation induction of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Complications Associated With the Anesthesia Transport of Pediatric Patients

AUTHORS: Haydar, Bishr MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 27, 2019 BACKGROUND: Transporting patients under anesthesia care incurs numerous potential risks, especially for those with critical illness. The purpose of this study is to identify and report all pediatric anesthesia transport-associated adverse events from a preexisting database of perioperative adverse events. METHODS: An extract […]

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