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Workplace violence against healthcare workers is rampant, but solutions remain unclear, largely as a result of underrecognition and underreporting of the problem and poor-quality research, according to a review article published in the April 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The article stems from the tragic death of a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. Repeated administration of ketamine may help sustain the antidepressant effect in patients with treatment-resistant depression beyond the initial dose, a new study shows. Ketamine, an injectable anesthetic, has demonstrated a rapid antidepressant effect. But the effect is relatively short-lived, and how […]
Read MoreAuthors: SM Brown FRCA; JR Sneyd FRCA BJA Education. 2016;16(3):87-91. Introduction Nitrous oxide (N2O) was first isolated by Joseph Priestly in 1772 and subsequently recognized for its analgesic properties by Humphrey Davy in 1799. Davy has actually invented a new pleasure, for which language has no name. Oh Tom! I am going for more this evening; […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: June 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 6 – p 1841–1855 AUTHORS: Epstein, Richard H. MD et al BACKGROUND: Accurate accounting of controlled drug transactions by inpatient hospital pharmacies is a requirement in the United States under the Controlled Substances Act. At many hospitals, manual distribution of controlled substances from pharmacies is […]
Read MoreThe number of infections from contaminated duodenoscopes is much higher than previously reported, according to a congressional investigation. The FDA recently revealed after a yearlong investigation that as many as 350 patients at 41 facilities in the United States and overseas have been infected by tainted scopes between Jan. 1, 2010, and Oct. 31, 2015. […]
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