Incorporating data analysis from their institution’s electronic health records (EHRs), researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center developed a clinical decision support (CDS) system that helped improve perioperative outcomes for patients who experience postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), according to a poster presentation. John Shin, MD, an anesthesiologist at UCLA Medical Center, […]
Read MoreJennifer M. Banayan, MD Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Dr Banayan reported no relevant financial disclosures. Maternal mortality in the United States has lately been increasing.1 Anesthesiologists need to act as peripartum physicians and work with others to improve maternal safety. Introduction Pregnancy and childbirth are the leading […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News asked Kamen V. Vlassakov, MD, director of the Division of Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, to ask an international group of leading regionalists a series of questions of his own choosing. What follows are 11 questions for our panel of 8 experts. Rafael Blanco, MB BS, […]
Read MoreInteresting article An 11-country comparison concludes that the cost of goods (including medications), labor (clinicians’ salaries), and administration drives U.S. healthcare spending above all others’. Researchers examined healthcare data from 10 other wealthy countries, mostly from 2013–2016. Among the myriad findings reported in JAMA: U.S. annual health spending per capita ($9400) was nearly double that of […]
Read MoreBMJ • March 12, 2018 It’s a safe alternative to drugs that is under-researched because it lacks commercial interest, writes Mike Cummings, but Asbjørn Hróbjartsson and Edzard Ernst argue there is no convincing evidence of clinical benefit and that the potential risks and health service costs are unjustified Yes—Mike Cummings Guidelines in most developed countries […]
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