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Hardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kurosawa Y et al. Cureus 17(10): e95653, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95653 This case report describes a 74-year-old woman who developed right cervical subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum during anesthesia induction for oral surgery under general anesthesia, secondary to nasopharyngeal wall injury during nasotracheal intubation (NTI). Despite stable oxygenation and hemodynamics, postoperative imaging confirmed the presence […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ponsworno K V et al. Cureus 17(10): e95672, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95672 This retrospective study assessed the impact of tranexamic acid (TXA) use in 158 patients undergoing surgical management for neck of femur (NOF) fractures at a UK teaching hospital. Among the patients, 91% received TXA perioperatively. Those given TXA had markedly lower transfusion […]
Read MoreAuthors: Reindorf R, et al. Cureus 17(10): e95679 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95679 A 38-year-old man developed right apical pneumothorax hours after outpatient trigger point injections (TPIs). Chest X-ray/CT showed a retained metallic needle fragment lodged in the parietal pleura. He underwent VATS with successful extraction and was discharged the same day without complications. Documentation from the clinic […]
Read MoreAuthors: Papadaki D, et al. Cureus 17(10): e95701. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95701 Summary A 25-year-old primigravida with aplastic anemia–paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (AA-PNH) on eculizumab and cyclosporine required a scheduled cesarean delivery at 33+3 weeks. Despite near-daily transfusion support late in gestation, her preop platelets were 3 ×10³/µL; conventional coagulation tests were normal. To balance profound thrombocytopenia with […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ahmad I et al. Cureus 17(10): e95628, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95628 This report describes a five-year-old boy who sustained an avulsed and ingested lower central incisor following adenotonsillectomy under general anesthesia. The missing tooth was not noticed until the postoperative recovery period, when the child’s caregiver observed it. Imaging confirmed ingestion rather than aspiration, […]
Read MoreHardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lokesh K P et al. Cureus 17(10): e95479, October 26, 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95479 This prospective single-centre study followed 92 adult general-surgery patients who required postoperative mechanical ventilation (mostly emergencies). Thirty-day in-hospital mortality was high (59/92). Non-survivors more often developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Higher risk signals included qSOFA ≥2, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Merchant A, et al. Cureus 17(10): e95754. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95754 SummaryA 77-year-old man with a 17 cm right retroperitoneal mass presumed to be adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) underwent open adrenalectomy. Preop endocrine work-up (plasma metanephrines, aldosterone/renin, morning cortisol) was non-functional, but imaging showed a large heterogeneous, hypervascular lesion displacing the right kidney, favoring malignancy. Intraoperatively the […]
Read MoreAuthor: AlAamer R et al. Cureus 17(10), October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95759 This case report and literature review describe the successful use of a trigger-free neuraxial anesthetic technique in a 31-year-old woman with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) who required emergency evacuation of retained products of conception (ERPC) four days after a miscarriage. Because LGMD carries a […]
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