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Uncategorized Published - 5 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Most rural hospitals aren’t offering labor and delivery services, forcing mothers to travel

Author: Dave Muoio J Fierce Healthcare Over half of the country’s rural hospitals aren’t offering labor and delivery services, and many of those that are could soon be forced to end maternity care due to financial losses, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR). The center wrote in a new report that over […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
It may be time to revisit patient selection protocols for heart transplants

Author: Dave Fornell Cardiovascular Business In recent years, advancements in healthcare have led to a growing population of older adults living with heart disease. Consequently, there has been an increasing demand for advanced heart failure therapies, including heart transplantation, for these patients. Researchers at the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine recently presented statistics on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
ACE Question

ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 13. Which of the following associated cardiovascular anomalies is MOST likely to be found in a 15-year-old boy presenting for angiographic balloon dilatation and stenting of aortic coarctation? (A) Bicuspid aortic valve (B) Tetralogy of Fallot (C) Vascular ring Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital defect most often diagnosed […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Trends in Anesthesiology

ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 16. Severity of tuberculosis in patients with type 2 diabetes A collaborative study between A∗STAR Infectious Diseases Labs and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School reveals that elevated glycerol levels contribute to increased severity of tuberculosis (TB) in experimental models with type 2 diabetes. TB caused 1.3 million deaths […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
‘Heads Up’ on Advances in CPR

Author: Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 1–4. It’s obvious that the Earth rotates around the sun, that stars are distant suns, that you push on the chest if you want to circulate blood during CPR, and that you should gradually raise the head and thorax if you want to better […]

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