AUTHORS: A. Paglia et al Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma May-June 32019 Vol 10 Issue 3 Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common procedure for improving mobility and quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis. Postoperative pain control management after TKA is still a concern as it relates to patients satisfaction and functional […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael D. Watkins Harvard Business Review No one has a bigger impact on new employees’ success than the managers who hired them. Why? Because more than anyone else the hiring manager understands what his or her people need to accomplish and what it will take — skills, resources, connections — for them to become […]
Read MoreReviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. (Editor) Medical Research News The diffusion of a culture of openness in hospitals is associated with lower hospital mortality, according to a study conducted among 137 acute trusts in England by Veronica Toffolutti (Bocconi University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and David Stuckler (Bocconi University) published in Health Affairs. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Eisler, Lisa D., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2019 BACKGROUND: Unplanned postoperative intubation is an important quality indicator, and is associated with significantly increased mortality in children. Infant patients are more likely than older pediatric patients to experience unplanned postoperative intubation, yet the literature provides few characterizations of this outcome in our youngest […]
Read MoreAuthors: Martin, Claude et al European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA): June 2019 – Volume 36 – Issue 6 – p 387–389 For many, if not all patients and nonanaesthesiologist physicians, anaesthesia consists of putting patients to sleep, controlling pain, providing muscle relaxation and stabilisation of oxygen saturation, body temperature and blood pressure (BP). In fact, anaesthesia […]
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