AUTHORS: Tawfik, Mohamed Mohamed, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 14, 2018 – BACKGROUND: The optimal strategy of fluid administration during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery is still unclear. Ultrasonography of the inferior vena cava (IVC) has been recently used to assess the volume status and predict fluid responsiveness. In this double-blind, randomized controlled study, we […]
Read MoreA transition is underway from technology that passively monitors patients to those that actively trigger interventions and even follow patients after discharge. According to Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the days when medical devices simply provided measurements for clinicians are over as physicians collaborate with […]
Read MoreBy BRANDON A. WEBER A doctor holds a patient’s hand during surgery at the University of Miami Miller school of Medicine hospital-Haiti as they help the people injured during the massive earthquake on January 26, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In a meta-analysis of 22 studies, researchers at the University of Exeter, UK found what many of us […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it. By: Les Masterson Published on June 11, 2018 Medicare patients who received treatment at an academic medical center (AMC) had lower 30-day mortality rates compared to those at nonteaching hospitals, according to a recent Health Affairs study. This was the case not just for the […]
Read MoreHealth care providers have access to more data than ever, but the challenge is how to draw meaningful conclusions from this information to deliver better care. According to Julian M. Goldman, MD, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and medical director of Partners HealthCare Systems Biomedical Engineering, all in Boston, this […]
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