Author: Bruce Japsen Healthcare The hospital industry Tuesday ripped proposals to add a Medicare-like public option alongside individual commercial coverage available on public exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Some in Congress see adding a public option for Americans buying individual plans known as Obamacare as a way to add choices and ensure low cost […]
Read MoreCardiac Anesthesiologist blog Surgical reexploration in case of excessive bleeding. Criteria: 8 mL/kg in any 2 successive hours or 20 mL/kg in the first 4 postop hours with or without s/s at cardiac tamponade
Read MoreBy Mayo Clinic Staff The heart-healthy Mediterranean diet is a healthy eating plan based on typical foods and recipes of Mediterranean-style cooking. Here’s how to adopt the Mediterranean diet. If you’re looking for a heart-healthy eating plan, the Mediterranean diet might be right for you. The Mediterranean diet incorporates the basics of healthy eating — […]
Read MoreThe Anaesthesia Blog Peri-operative medicine, critical care and pain The association between sleep deprivation and poor health outcomes is well-recognised. In this month’s issue of Anaesthesia, Cheung et al. conducted a mechanistic study aiming to unravel the effects of sleep deprivation on DNA damage in healthy, full-time doctors. Doctors who worked on-site overnight shifts had higher levels […]
Read MoreCardiac Anesthesiologist blog We conclude that there is low-level evidence to support the use of oral ketamine (150 mg/d or 0.5 mg/kg every 6 hours) and other NMDA-receptor antagonists such as dextromethorphan (0.5–1 mg/kg every 8 hours) as follow-up therapy following IV infusions, and moderate evidence to support intranasal ketamine (1–5 sprays of ketamine 10 […]
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