CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
GENERIC SUGAMMADEX, A GAME-CHANGER
Anesthesia professionals are often unaware of the cost of the drugs they administer, but costs are relevant to the institutions where we work. The…
Category: CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
Clinical Cases of the Month are narrative case studies of actual cases from the author’s experience, written in a format designed to educate medial professionals. The case studies were originally written by Dr. Novak for his Deputy Chief’s Column in The Gas Pipeline, a publication of the Stanford Department of Anesthesia. Although the case studies are written in medical parlance, lay readers will glean insights into what anesthesiologists are doing, thinking, worrying about, and acting on during intriguing and challenging surgical dilemmas.
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
HOW Could Artificial Intelligence Eliminate Humanity, and What Can Physicians Do About It?
It’s not a physician’s job to create or program Artificial Intelligence, but the recent warnings that AI could eliminate humanity within 10 years force…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
CIPEPOFOL – A “NEW PROPOFOL” FROM CHINA
The discovery of cipepofol is important for at least one reason. Years in the future, when cipepofol is available as a generic drug and…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE TOP 10 BOOKS (NON-TEXTBOOKS) WRITTEN BY MDs
We're living in an era in which people are reading fewer books, and instead are watching social media, videos, streaming shows, and watching movies.…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
3D PRINTING AND ANESTHESIA
Three-dimensional (3D) printers have the medical application of making exact replicas of human anatomy. A printer can utilize images from a patient’s MRI or…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
WORKING AT A BLUE-COLLAR JOB CAN MAKE YOU A BETTER DOCTOR
Medical students often spend summers doing research or clerkships to increase their knowledge. Can working a blue-collar job instead offer a preferred experience regarding…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
AI IN MEDICINE –IT’S IN YOUR POCKET
The future of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine is in your pocket, not in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). The EMR is now universal in…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
THE PITT: 10 MEDICAL DETAILS THE SHOW GETS WRONG, AND 10 DETAILS THEY GET RIGHT
THE PITT serves up hour after hour of hectic emergency room cases, in addition to the emotional trials and tribulations of its appealing characters.…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
ANESTHESIOLOGY AND MALPRACTICE LAW
Despite the likelihood of malpractice lawsuits, many anesthesiologists have minimal knowledge of malpractice law, how best to prevent being sued, and what to do…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE IN THE USA AND SWITZERLAND
In the past year a friend of an acquaintance of mine travelled from California to Switzerland and obtained enough oral medications, prescribed by a…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
99% BOREDOM
In this month’s issue of our specialty’s premier journal, Anesthesiology, Dr. Tjorvi Perry authored an article titled, “Standing Back: Attentive Observations from the Operating…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE IS YOUR FRIEND
Numerous cases included mistakes regarding endotracheal intubation in emergent situations—specifically delayed endotracheal intubation, an erroneous choice of an alternative airway when an endotracheal intubation…