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Author: Victoria Stern Anesthesiology News Study Shows Rudeness Disrupts Physician Performance Both Diagnostically and Technically During a routine procedure, something goes awry. The patient is bleeding, but not at the surgical site. The OR team needs to act quickly to make a differential diagnosis and stabilize the patient. Problem solving in a crisis situation like […]
Read MoreThis is important for our providers and readers who work in a pain clinics. Discontinuation of chronic opioid therapy is associated with an increased risk of overdose death, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. “We are worried by these results, because they suggest that the policy recommendations intended to make […]
Read Moreby Stanford University Medical Center When Stanford physicians Donna Zulman, MD, and Abraham Verghese, MD, set out more than two years ago to lead a team in finding ways to heal a growing fracture in doctor-patient relationships, they knew the task would be complicated. In recent surveys, clinicians have reported that the current climate of medicine—with […]
Read MoreThis doesn’t deal with anesthesia directly however I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Kelly Young Edited by Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Abstaining from alcohol may help prevent recurrent atrial fibrillation, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study. In Australia, 140 patients with atrial fibrillation who […]
Read MoreHealthDay Among children undergoing elective day surgery, a brief, targeted Child Life preparation (CLP) intervention reduces preoperative anxiety prior to intravenous induction of anesthesia, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in Pediatric Anesthesia. Nicholas West, from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues enrolled children aged 3 to 10 years […]
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