Hardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lokesh K P et al. Cureus 17(10): e95479, October 26, 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95479 This prospective single-centre study followed 92 adult general-surgery patients who required postoperative mechanical ventilation (mostly emergencies). Thirty-day in-hospital mortality was high (59/92). Non-survivors more often developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Higher risk signals included qSOFA ≥2, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Merchant A, et al. Cureus 17(10): e95754. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95754 SummaryA 77-year-old man with a 17 cm right retroperitoneal mass presumed to be adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) underwent open adrenalectomy. Preop endocrine work-up (plasma metanephrines, aldosterone/renin, morning cortisol) was non-functional, but imaging showed a large heterogeneous, hypervascular lesion displacing the right kidney, favoring malignancy. Intraoperatively the […]
Read MoreAuthor: AlAamer R et al. Cureus 17(10), October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95759 This case report and literature review describe the successful use of a trigger-free neuraxial anesthetic technique in a 31-year-old woman with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) who required emergency evacuation of retained products of conception (ERPC) four days after a miscarriage. Because LGMD carries a […]
Read MoreAuthor: Hadri A O et al. Cureus 17(10), October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95774 This case report describes a 28-year-old woman with sickle cell disease who experienced cardiac arrest due to high spinal anesthesia during a cesarean section. The patient, initially receiving epidural analgesia for labor, required conversion to surgical anesthesia after fetal distress developed. Following a […]
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