How many patients die as a result of cardiac arrest under the care of an anesthesiologist? The number is sufficiently low that we need large databases to answer the question. Many perioperative databases are composed of patients who underwent an operative procedure. Anesthesiologists provide anesthesia care for patients both inside and outside the operating room. […]
More than 10% of veterans who served in U.S. military operations after 9/11 suffer from PTSD. Patients who suffer awareness after anesthesia also suffer from PTSD. Up to 1.0 % of all general anesthetics are complicated by unintended intraoperative awareness with explicit recall. Dr. Elizabeth Whitlock (UCSF), Dr. Michael Avidan (Washington University), Dr. George A. Mashour (University of Michigan) […]
When are patients at risk for hypoxia in the PACU? The answer can help ascertain when an anesthesiologist should staff the area. Dr. Richard H. Epstein, Department of Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and colleagues from the Division of Management Consulting, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, […]
Many of the drugs we use have been extensively studied in adults but not in children. Such is the case with sodium nitroprusside (SNP). Based on the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has worked to address this shortcoming in our understanding of drug behavior in children. […]
Vitamin D is one of the most popular vitamin supplements. Vitamin D deficiency affects bones as well as other organs such as the brain, heart, muscles, and the immune system. Low levels of vitamin D have been associated with colon, breast, and prostate cancer. Vitamin D is produced by the skin in response to exposure […]
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe mental health problem that may manifest itself soon after a traumatic event or not be evident until years afterwards. A large percentage of individuals who have served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars suffer from the disorder, as do veterans of earlier conflicts. PTSD is found in the […]
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