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For two years, Saint Anthony Hospital here has celebrated its top-rated “A” grade from the national Leapfrog Group that evaluates hospital safety records. But this fall, when executives opened a preview of their score, they got an unwelcome surprise: a “C.” Hospitals take their ratings seriously, despite hospital industry experts’ skepticism about their scientific methodology […]
Read MoreBy Todd Ackerman Houston Chronicle December 3, 2017 A nurse at the Memorial Hermann hospital in the Woodlands briefs Dana and Casey Baltzell on the use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas,” during child birth and how it can be administered to … more First-time expectant mother Lauren Lococo came to Memorial Hermann’s hospital in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rebecca L. Haffajee, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., et al N Engl J Med 2017; 377:2301-2305 The opioid epidemic has claimed more than 300,000 lives in the United States since 20001 and could claim another half million over the next decade. Although heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl account for an increasing proportion of opioid-involved overdoses, the majority […]
Read MoreHospital operating rooms produce thousands of tons of greenhouse gases each year, but changing the type of anesthesia used in surgery can help lower those emissions, researchers report. For the study, investigators assessed the carbon footprint of operating rooms at three hospitals: Vancouver General Hospital in Canada; University of Minnesota Medical Center in the United […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Conlin, Frederick MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 6 – p 1878–1882 BACKGROUND: The advent of portable ultrasound machines in recent years has led to greater availability of focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) in the perioperative and critical care setting. To our knowledge, its use in the perioperative setting among […]
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