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…
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ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE CHRISTINA PIKE BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTION? AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S VIEW
More likely than not, the IV in Christina Pike’s arm was not fully inside her vein, and only a partial dose of the pentobarbital…
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…
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.…
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…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
ANESTHESIOLOGIST NAMES ON OUR HATS = A SOLID IDEA
At the university hospital where I work, many residents wear hats identifying their name and their specialty, but at the private surgery centers where…