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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 […]
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