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Pharmacists Speed Drug Delivery In Post–Anesthesia Care Units
ISSUE: JULY 2010 Stationing a pharmacist in the post-anesthesia care unit has been a boon to nurses and patients at Rex Healthcare, a 432-bed community hospital in Raleigh, N.C., decreasing delivery time for stat medications by 60%. read more | ||||||||
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Critical Gaps in Critical Care for ICU Patients Without Insurance
ISSUE: JULY 2010 Seriously ill patients who arrive at the hospital without health insurance are significantly less likely to receive critical care services, and may suffer worse outcomes as a result, a new meta-analysis has found. read more | ||||||||
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First-time Anesthesia Meeting Aims To Fill World Congress Void
ISSUE: JUNE 2010 More than 1,200 anesthesiologists converged on Dubai in March of this year to present and practice the latest strategies for numbing pain. But they stopped short of putting each other to sleep. read more | ||||||||
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Despite Scant Resources, Mission Group Thrives in OR
ISSUE: MAY 2010 Their operating rooms are shabby, the equipment outdated. But the field hospitals for Médicins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders can boast low mortality rates for their surgical patients—an average of 0.2% in more than a dozen, often conflict-ridden, countries. read more | ||||||||
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Alice McNeal, MD, Anesthesia Pioneer, Honored in Alabama
ISSUE: MAY 2010 On May 8, 2010, Alice McNeal, MD, was inducted into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame (AHHOF) along with other members of the 2010 class of honorees. Dr. McNeal, the state’s first female anesthesiologist, becomes the second anesthesiologist inducted into the honorary group, joining Robert A. Hingson, MD (1999). read more | ||||||||
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End-of-Life Issues Continue To Confront Anesthesiologists
ISSUE: APRIL 2010 Although anesthesiologists have made great strides in safely administering anesthetics, end-of-life decisions remain an area of confusion and uncertainty for many clinicians. One member of the profession, however, considers anesthesiologists to be the best placed in caring for dying patients. read more | ||||||||
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Survey Reveals Physicians Delay Difficult End-of-Life Discussions
ISSUE: APRIL 2010 Many physicians choose not to broach painful topics with terminally ill patients—such as how long they might live, their wishes regarding resuscitation and hospice care, and where they would like to die—until their symptoms become worse or when treatment will no longer help them, according to a nationwide survey. This, despite current guidelines recommending that these discussions should begin immediately for patients with a prognosis of no more than one year survival. read more | ||||||||
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New Book: Checklists Alone Can’t Change Hospital Culture
ISSUE: APRIL 2010 Critical care specialist Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, the creator of the five-step checklist for infection prevention, has launched a campaign to take the checklist movement to a new level. read more | ||||||||
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