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Author: Jamie Eske MedicalNewsToday The kidneys remove waste products and excess fluid from the bloodstream. These two organs sit on either side of the body just below the rib cage. The kidneys rest against the back muscles, which can make it difficult to tell the difference between kidney pain and back pain. When trying to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Karen S. Sibert, MD, FASA ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 1–11. Today’s noteworthy definitions, not new but often ignored: Unintended consequences: The principle stating that an intervention in a complex system tends to create unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes. Good intentions: The paving stones of the road to hell. In anesthesiology, these precepts should […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dusan Hanidziar, MD, PhD et al ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 11–12. With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, ICUs in the United States and around the world quickly reverted to practices that were common over two decades ago – the administration of deep sedation in mechanically ventilated patients, lack of daily spontaneous awakening […]
Read MoreASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 20. Trends FDA grants EUA for COVID breath test The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, the first COVID test that can detect compounds associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in breath samples. It is intended for health care settings such […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA; Alyssa M. Burgart, MD, MA, FAAP ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 18–19. Hello everyone – I hope you are all enjoying summertime! Our last column touched peripherally on the concept of ethics in medicine, when we explored the question of what obligation the developed world has to assist the emerging world. […]
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