AUTHORS: Charlotte Lindsay, MSc et al Anesthesiology August 2024. BACKGROUND Trauma hemorrhage induces a coagulopathy with a high associated mortality rate. The Implementing Treatment Algorithms for the Correction of Trauma Induced Coagulopathy (ITACTIC) randomized trial tested two goal-directed treatment algorithms for coagulation management, one guided by conventional coagulation tests and one by viscoelastic hemostatic assays […]
Read MoreAuthor: Laura Dyrda Becker’s CFO Report Median days cash on hand dipped to a 10-year low for U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to an Aug. 7 S&P Global Ratings’ report. In 2023, overall operating expenses grew 5% after a 17% growth in 2022, and median total operating revenue was up 8.8% last year. There […]
Read MoreASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 23. You obtain consent for general anesthesia from your patient with treatment-resistant major depression undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Afterward, the patient asks about a ketamine infusion instead of ECT. According to a recent noninferiority trial comparing interventions for treatment-resistant major depression (without psychosis), which of the following outcomes is MOST […]
Read MoreASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 30. Improving cancer screening with extracellular vesicle imaging A new method for detecting cancer, combining PANORAMA imaging with fluorescent imaging, demonstrates a 98.7% accuracy rate and potential for detecting cancer in its earliest stages, potentially revolutionizing cancer diagnosis. This method allows researchers to examine nanometer-sized membrane sacs called extracellular vesicles […]
Read MoreAuthors: Julie G. Broussard, RPh, MD, FASA et al ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 21. When you went to medical school, did you ever think you’d be asked to join a union? If you are like us, neither did we – most of us did not think of ourselves as future members of a physician […]
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