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Authors: Andrew P. Loehrer, MD, MPH et al JAMA Surg. published January 24, 2018. Key Points Question How was Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act associated with patient presentation with and management of common surgical conditions? Findings In this study of patients with 1 of 5 common surgical conditions, Medicaid expansion was associated with a […]
Read MoreThis is important because as anesthesia providers we have an obligation to get smokers to quit. Author: MENAKA WILHELM Smoking is the No. 1 cause of death among people with severe mental illness. Advertising campaigns, tobacco taxes and public bans have lowered rates of smoking significantly in the U.S. since the 1960s. And for people […]
Read MoreAuthor: Leopoldo Rodriguez, M.D., FAAP, FASA ASA Monitor 02 2018, Vol.82, 8-9. Fresh off a restful beach vacation, you arrive at Advanced Surgery and Endoscopy Center, a freestanding multispecialty site newly staffed by your group. While enjoying your breakfast, you are emergently called to the GI suite to attend to George, an elderly gentleman having a difficult […]
Read MoreAuthor: N. Martin Giesecke, M.D. ASA Monitor 02 2018, Vol.82, 4-5. Out-of-the-operating room (NORA, non-operating room anesthesia) anesthesia care is certainly one of […]
Read MoreWomen with breast cancer face increased risk for cardiovascular disease due, in part, to cardiotoxic effects of some breast cancer treatments, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Also at play are overlapping risk factors for both breast cancer and CVD, including smoking, obesity, and a Western diet. The statement, published […]
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