By Denise Baez DG Alerts In today’s DG Alert, we cover the incidence of myocardial injury in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the association between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load and symptom severity and outcomes. According to a study published in Circulation, myocardial injury is common in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Hailey Amick MD is an anesthesiologist who blogs at Facing Monsters. I am a voyeur of human anatomy. Not in a perverse sense, but rather as part of my profession. In a single day, I can watch a heart beating in its chest cavity in one operating room, walk two doors down to view an […]
Read MoreThis is about a pediatrician however it is the same for an anesthesiologist or CRNA. Author: Koye Oyerinde MD KevinMD.com The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brings to the fore many health system weaknesses that we always knew were there, but not too bothersome to be addressed. The media has focused on paid sick leave as a […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News A new polymer-based artificial heart valve could prove to be a game-changer for valve replacement surgery, giving clinicians an option that lasts up to 25 years and does not require prescribing anticoagulation medications. The new device, PoliValve, is still a work in progress, but a long-term efficacy trial appears […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ward, Andrew MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 22, 2020 BACKGROUND: Long-term opioid use has negative health care consequences. Opioid-naïve adults are at risk for prolonged and persistent opioid use after surgery. While these outcomes have been examined in some adolescent and teenage populations, little is known about the risk of prolonged and […]
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