Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Chest pain is one of the most common reasons adults in the United States visit the emergency department (ED), leading to more than 7 million patient encounters each year. Hospital admission rates for these patients varies considerably from one ED physician to the next, with some physicians admitting an especially […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Amina Rezkallah, Nezar Gargori et al. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020 Dec Peribulbar anesthesia (PB) is known to be safer than retrobulbar (RB) anesthesia. To our knowledge, no amaurosis has been described after PB. We report here the cases of two patients who underwent PB before membrane peeling. The injections were administered with […]
Read MoreAuthors: Norddine Zeroual, M.D. et al Anesthesiology January 2021. Background Recent guidelines on transfusion in cardiac surgery suggest that hemoglobin might not be the only criterion to trigger transfusion. Central venous oxygen saturation (Svo2), which is related to the balance between tissue oxygen delivery and consumption, may help the decision process of transfusion. We designed […]
Read MoreThis is important because my World Champion KC Chiefs play in the Super Bowl again so there will be some serious tailgating. GO CHIEFS! AUTHOR: Elizabeth Parks, PhD, professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine The NFL playoffs are underway, and fans are finding ways to simulate tailgating […]
Read MoreAuthor: Shraddha Chakradher STAT morning rounds A survey of U.S. youth who were followed for four years finds that those who try e-cigarettes are three times more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes than those who don’t try the devices. The study included data from those who were between the ages of 12-24. Nearly two-thirds of this group […]
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