Authors: Emma Seppala et al Harvard Busienss Review JUNE 29, 2017 More and more people are feeling tired and lonely at work. In analyzing the General Social Survey of 2016, we found that, compared with roughly 20 years ago, people are twice as likely to report that they are always exhausted. Close to 50% of people […]
Read MoreKaren B. Domino, MD, MPH Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine University of Washington, Seattle Martin J. London, MD Professor of Clinical Anesthesia University of California, San Francisco Avery Tung, MD Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care University of Chicago In an issue of Anesthesiology News, Robert E. Johnstone, MD, criticized anesthesia practice guidelines, citing “practice […]
Read MoreSASHA K. SHILLCUTT, MD It’s still dark out when I walk into the busy and bustling preoperative area where patients and their family members crowd into small bays. They hand over their personal belongings to the RNs and their trust to me. As I walk in, I grab my patient’s hand, smile and say, “Hello. […]
Read MoreAbout 20% of children develop persistent pain after surgery, and a new study published in The Journal of Pain showed that poorer night-time sleep quality was significantly associated with greater next-day pain intensity over 4 months after surgery. Researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital studied 66 children who had major surgery […]
Read MoreUrgent and emergent intubation is challenging enough, but what if your patient is sporting some type of tongue piercing? Does it make a difference? Do you need to do anything differently? Obviously, the jewelry may physically impede the process of intubating the patient, impairing visualization of structures or getting in the way of inserting the […]
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