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 MoreCardiac 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 MoreAuthor: 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 MoreA 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 MoreInteresting 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. […]
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