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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: 4 steps to confronting mistake-prone employees

It’s never easy for managers to confront an employee whose performance is slipping or who has begun making more mistakes. That’s why so many supervisors take a head-in-the-sand approach to slip-ups. One recent survey said only 31% of U.S. employees agreed with the statement that “My manager confronts poor performance.” Confrontation is necessary—for the employee […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries

Authors: Leonard JR et al., Pediatrics 2014 May 1; 133:e1179 Risk for death is highest in children with significant concomitant injuries. Researchers examined characteristics of pediatric cervical spine injuries in a secondary analysis of children younger than 16 years treated at 17 pediatric hospitals in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Of 540 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 June, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use

Authors: Fakih MG et al., Ann Emerg Med 2014 Mar 20; Guidelines and education reduce unnecessary catheterizations. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection, with greater than 560,000 nosocomial cases annually. Investigators recently assessed the effects of an intervention designed to decrease CAUTI risk by reducing inappropriate urinary catheterization. The intervention, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 June, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: A New Device for Noninvasive Continuous Arterial Pressure Monitoring

Authors: Vos JJ et al., Br J Anaesth 2014 Apr 15; The device is a reasonable substitute for traditional cuff monitoring but is not a replacement for invasive monitoring. New devices offering continuous, noninvasive arterial pressure monitoring compare favorably with intermittent, automated cuff measurement (NEJM JW Emerg Med Mar 11 2014), but how do they […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 June, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Billing and Collections: Adding SPECT/CT to Bone Scan Reveals Best Treatment for Low Back Pain

A molecular imaging scan in addition to a conventional bone scan can provide the necessary information about the physiological health of the spine to select the most appropriate pain-killing treatment protocol for patients suffering from low back pain, according to a study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and […]

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