🫀🧠☠️ Wild! Nanoplastics found in more than 50% of CEA plaques and these patients had a “higher risk of a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause at 34 months of follow-up.”
https://t.co/mhqNULqMsh
🚨 Perioperative Patient Management 🚨
New review highlights key considerations for physicians 🏥 managing patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the perioperative setting, see link below 👇
Link: https://t.co/6AUxbzG2KT
@ESchwenkMD@dr_rajgupta#PainMedicine
Cardiac micro-emboli in hip fracture surgery can be observed with echo. Not a far stretch to think this contributes to post-op cognitive dysfunction.
@Nadia_Hdz_MD at #WCA2024#Anaesthesia#Anesthesiology
In epidural anaesthesia, is this filter actually doing anything?
And while we are at it, is the full sterile outfit and drape necessary for a single shot spinal?
#WCA2024
Why do I love the @NAEMSP conference?
I’m holding freeze dried plasma from a single donor in my hand.
It’s the weight of a few pieces of paper and can be kept non-refrigerated for months
Reconstitute it with 200 mL and it’s ready to be administered.
This will be a panacea in trauma care, especially for EMS systems that can’t carry blood, once it receives FDA approval.
https://t.co/4aQqeOMG2j
#NAEMSP2024 @FL_NAEMSP
No COI
@AmolUtrankar@KBFischer Good Samaritan laws typically DO apply to physicians if you meet 3 criteria:
1️⃣You aren’t on duty
2️⃣You don’t have a pre-existing relationship with the patient
3️⃣You aren’t compensated (consider not accepting frequent flyer miles if you do help)
https://t.co/kf5vQGgdUe
Today, the University of Chicago cost of attendance is $84,126.
$84,126 x 4 Years = $336,504
$84,126 x 5 Years = $420,630
Paid for with 5.5% loans?
Defer for 2 years, then pay off over 20 years.
How much would you pay for that education?
$784,000.
For an UNDERGRAD degree.
Every OR targets turnover time every couple of years as an improvement project, says @Amr_Abouleish#CSAWinterConf23
Does cutting a few minutes off of turnover time make a difference? For 2 turnovers, nope. Can't add another case! Look at workflow and system reasons for delays.