AUTHORS: Oh, Tak Kyu, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 7, 2018 BACKGROUND: Postoperative hyperchloremia is known to be related to increases in mortality and morbidity after surgery. However, the relationship between preoperative hyperchloremia and hypochloremia and postoperative mortality and morbidity is not well established. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between preoperative hyperchloremia or […]
Read MoreThis is a long read but have we in anesthesia ever lived through this disaster. By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry Fortune MARCH 18, 2019 The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess. Inside a […]
Read MoreI wanted to share I thought it was interesting. By Maria Cohut Medical News Today A recent study warns that women with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, sometimes called “bad cholesterol,” may face an increased risk of bleeding stroke. Women with low LDL cholesterol levels may be more at risk of bleeding stroke, new research […]
Read MoreBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE Source: AP Researchers may be closing in on a way to check athletes while they’re alive for signs of a degenerative brain disease that’s been linked to frequent head blows. Experimental scans found higher levels of an abnormal protein tied to the disease in a study of former National Football League players […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Brazilian Study Likely Not Translatable To U.S. Experience By the end of their residency, young anesthesiologists might be entering the workforce with an unexpected byproduct of their training: genetic damage. A team of Brazilian researchers has concluded that physicians exposed to high concentrations of inhalational anesthetics demonstrate increases in genetic […]
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