⭐ Recognized by FeedSpot: #12 Best Anesthesiology Blog Worldwide

Uncategorized Published - 21 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative frailty assessments in ASCs — 5 insights from anesthesiologist Dr. Lee Fleisher

Author: Angie Stewart Becker’s ASC Review Lee A. Fleisher, MD, is chair of Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine’s anesthesia and critical care departments. Dr. Fleisher is also chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Perioperative Brain Health Initiative. Here, Dr. Fleisher shares his insights with Becker’s ASC Review on preoperative frailty assessments in the […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Stable Angina or Silent Ischaemia: Indications for Revascularisation 2019

Cardiac Anesthesiologist blog Stable Angina also known as ‘effort angina’, this refers to the classic type of angina related to myocardial ischemia. A typical presentation of stable angina is that of chest discomfort and associated symptoms precipitated by some activity (running, walking, etc.) with minimal or non-existent symptoms at rest or after administration of sublingual […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Avoiding invasive treatment in dying patients may not shorten lifespan

Author: Krista Conger Stanford Medicine Scope End-of-life care and expectations are difficult topics for many families and even some clinicians. Over the past few years, the caregiving emphasis has shifted from an effort to save or prolong someone’s life by any means necessary to a more nuanced approach that favors quality of life. Doing so […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
One more time with feeling: no link found between measles vax and autism

A study of 650,000 children finds immunisation has no influence on the condition. Andrew Masterson reports. Author: Andrew Matterson Cosmo A massive study tracking almost every child born in Denmark over a decade has found no evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) is in any way relevant to autism. A link between the developmental condition […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Robot-assisted surgery leaves new surgeons without crucial skills, study finds

Interesting so wanted to share. Robotic surgery practices may be limiting the amount of practice surgical trainees receive, leaving many new surgeons unprepared to perform surgery independently, according to research published in Administrative Science Quarterly. The findings are based on two studies conducted by Matthew Beane, PhD, project scientist from the University of California, Santa Barbara. […]

Read More