Author: Hannah Murphy Health Imaging Prior chest imaging can sometimes be just as predictive of adverse events after surgery as updated imaging, according to new data set to be presented at the annual conference of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). It is common for patients who are undergoing major surgery to require cardiac clearance beforehand due to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Sarah Owermohle STAT D.C. Diagnosis Some government antitrust regulators are hinting at their support for expanding physician-owned hospitals amid some congressional calls for the same – and amid increasing Biden administration scrutiny of health industry consolidation. A pair of Biden officials from the Justice Department and the FTC wrote a paper with a few other experts […]
Read MoreAuthor: Niraja Rajan, MBBS, FAAP, SAMBA-F, FASA ASA Monitor June 2022, Vol. 86, 28–29. Many pediatric surgeries are performed on an outpatient basis either in a hospital or a freestanding ambulatory surgery center (ASC) with tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, myringotomy, appendectomy, urological procedures, and other operating room therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth, and pharynx accounting for the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Hadler, Rachel A. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia February 24, 2023. BACKGROUND: Many intensive care unit patients are awake (ie, alert and engaging in conversation), actively experiencing many facets of their critical care. The Patient Dignity Inventory can be used to elicit sources of distress in these patients. We examined the administrative question […]
Read MoreAuthor: Linda M. Lee, M.D. Anesthesiology Newly Published on July 2023. Knock Knock. I gently knock on the door, carefully walking in. From behind, he is a frail figure, his green hospital gown swallowing his being. He can’t quite swing his head fully around to look at me, so I move closer to the bed to […]
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