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Failing health of the United States BMJ published 07 February 2018 Author: Steven H. Woolf The role of challenging life conditions and the policies behind them Life expectancy in the US has fallen for the second year in a row. This is alarming because life expectancy has risen for much of the past century in developed […]
Read MoreImplementation at a single institution of a multidisciplinary rapid recovery care pathway has led to improved value-based care. According to a recent study, patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty under the perioperative surgical home (PSH) model had decreased hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs compared with those managed in a traditional fashion. In addition, […]
Read MoreAn Unusual Cause of Respiratory Distress Cody Rowan, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina Paola A Pesantes, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina Airway adjuncts such as oral or nasopharyngeal airways (NPAs) are […]
Read MoreThe FDA published an open letter to health care providers highlighting the benefits of thermoregulation devices, such as forced-air warming systems, during surgery. The letter states that the FDA is aware of hesitation by many providers to use the technology due to a possible increased risk for infection. The FDA wrote the letter, after a “thorough review […]
Read MoreThis was an interesting piece in Harvard Business Review I wanted to share with our readers because there are bad listeners in departments of anesthesia. Adapted from “How to Work with a Bad Listener,” by Rebecca Knight It’s frustrating to work with someone who doesn’t listen. Whether your colleague interrupts you, rambles on, or seems […]
Read MoreNew York Times By JANE E BRODY Last month, a White House panel declared the nation’s epidemic of opioid abuse and deaths “a national public health emergency,” a designation usually assigned to natural disasters. A disaster is indeed what it is, with 142 Americans dying daily from drug overdoses, a fourfold increase since 1999, more […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jonathan V. Roth, M.D. Anesthesiology 2 2018, Vol.128, 424. To the Editor: In their letter, Moreault et al. suggest using a constant body mass index (BMI) to compute ideal body weight.1 Although I agree that this would simplify a commonly used calculation, and the magnitude of any error is small and likely not clinically consequential in this […]
Read MoreThe maker of OxyContin (oxycodone) said on Saturday that it will no longer promote opioids to clinicians, Reuters reports. The company said it has reduced its sales force by half, and the remaining sales reps will no longer visit clinician offices to talk about OxyContin.
Read MoreAuthors: Hagen Bomberg, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on February 7, 2018. Background: Prolonged catheter use is controversial because of the risk of catheter-related infection, but the extent to which the risk increases over time remains unknown. We thus assessed the time-dependence of catheter-related infection risk up to 15 days. Methods: Our analysis was based on the German […]
Read MoreWoman on JetBlue flight from Florida to Jamaica had medical event last month Doctors John Flanagan and Matthew Stevenson leaped to her aid in mid-flight They fashioned a ventilator from an oxygen tank and tubing on the plane Plane diverted to Fort Lauderdale and woman survived the ordeal By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com PUBLISHED: 19:44 […]
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