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I wanted to share this with our readers since anesthesia providers have higher rate of suicide than the general public. Worldwide, suicide — or taking one’s own life — is more prevalent among males than females. Suicide attempts, however, are more common among females. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), in 2018, more than 48,000 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Heidi Ledford etc Nature.com An inexpensive and commonly used steroid can save the lives of people seriously ill with COVID-19, a randomized, controlled clinical trial in the United Kingdom has found. The drug, called dexamethasone, is the first shown to reduce deaths from the coronavirus that has killed more than 440,000 people globally. In […]
Read MoreAuthor: Stephen Freiberg MD The DADesthesiologist I have a major issue with MAC. To be more specific, I have a major issue with how we communicate the concept of MAC to our patients, anesthesia care team members, and proceduralist colleagues. MAC stands for “monitored anesthesia care,” and we tend to throw it around and use […]
Read MoreAuthor: Dharna Noor Gizmodo Right before surgery, the climate crisis is probably the last thing on your mind. If you’re under general anesthesia, you actually might not be thinking about much of anything at all. But anesthetics—especially the generalized kind—can have a pretty big impact on the climate. A new study in the journal Regional […]
Read MoreAuthor: DR. JAY BHATT and LAURA ROMERO, ABC News Hospitals and blood centers are renewing their alarm over a shortage of blood donations amid the coronavirus pandemic in what they said could prove another stumbling block in getting hospitals back to the business of elective surgeries, not to mention the ongoing needs of COVID-19 and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira Summary Not every anesthesia provider is on the same page when it comes to determining and documenting anesthesia time. Because of this, some providers may be losing money, while others are in violation of the billing rules. In this first installment of a two-part article, we will focus on the appropriate way […]
Read MoreAuthor: Nancy Anoruo MD, MPH abc News Treatment of COVID-19 has been a medical puzzle for front-line doctors largely learning about the disease in real-time without proven protocols. During the first crush of COVID-19, physicians in the U.S. relied heavily on mechanical ventilation to rescue oxygen-starved patients. Patients with COVID-19 can struggle to get enough […]
Read MoreAuthor: Lindsey Tanner Associated Press This X-ray image provided by Northwestern Medicine in June 2020 shows the chest of a COVID-19 patient before she received a new set of lungs because of severe lung damage from the coronavirus, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. (Northwestern Medicine via AP) Surgeons in Chicago have given a new […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Adam, Elisabeth H. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1389-1395 BACKGROUND: Cardiothoracic surgery is associated with major blood loss and allogeneic transfusion of red blood cell concentrates. To minimize allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, intraoperative cell salvage has been effectively used for years. The […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Brooks Peterson, Melissa MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1435-1444 BACKGROUND: Vancomycin is used for antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric surgical patients without a complete understanding of plasma and soft-tissue pharmacokinetics. Guidelines recommend incision within 60 minutes after administration; however, tissue vancomycin concentrations at that […]
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