Latest - Anesthesiology

• Hospital Medicine Gains Popularity Among Newly Minted Physicians More senior physicians trend toward outpatient care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• I Was Lost in an Abyss of Electronic Clicks If grace still existed, it had long been consumed by an abyss of electronic clicks. Empathy was not efficient and, thus, no longer welcome. It was a moral disconnect that I could no longer reconcile.
  Medscape Oncology, May 23, 2022
• Effect of Lipid-lowering Medications on CABG Outcomes Is perioperative lipid-lowering medication use associated with a reduced risk of complications and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass?
  BMC Anesthesiology, May 23, 2022
• Occult Hypoxemia More Common in Patients With Darker Skin? Black and Hispanic patients undergoing anesthesia may be more likely than White patients to experience occult hypoxemia, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• New ASA Decision Tree Tool Helps Treat Difficult Airways A new decision tree tool developed by an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) task force helps anesthesiologists manage their patients who have difficult airways.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 Some states offer lots of perks and temptations for physician practices, although each doctor has their own priorities that make some places more desirable.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2022
• How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain   Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Sex Differences in Medical Cannabis-Related Adverse Effects Are women more likely than men to experience adverse effects associated with the use of medical cannabis? A new study investigates.
  Pain, May 19, 2022
• Regional Anesthesia in Tibial Plateau Fracture Surgery Patients who receive regional anesthesia during tibial plateau fracture surgery may be less likely to rely on opioids for postoperative pain relief.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, May 19, 2022
• At What Point Does Comfort Care Become Murder?   Drs Robert Glatter, Ferdinando Mirarchi, Lewis Nelson, and Thaddeus Pope discuss a recent legal case and how it may affect end-of-life care moving forward.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Safety of IV Golimumab in RA, PsA, and AS A pooled analysis of data from three trials provides insight into the safety profile of IV golimumab for the treatment of these rheumatologic conditions.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, May 18, 2022
• Effects of Gender-affirming Therapy on Breast Imaging Findings This narrative reviews recent recommendations for breast cancer screening in the transgender population. How might gender-affirming therapy impact breast cancer risk in transgender persons?
  Applied Radiology, May 18, 2022
• AACE 2022 Spinal Cord Stimulation Durable for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Randomized controlled trial shows durable relief of refractory painful diabetic neuropathy symptoms with the spinal cord stimulation device out to 18 months.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Outcomes of Patients Having Anesthesia While SARS-CoV-2 Infected Should patients requiring an anesthetic procedure while being SARS-CoV-2 positive or suspected require a preoperatively carefully screening?
  BMC Anesthesiology, May 16, 2022
• Immune Modulatory Effects of NSAIDs in the Perioperative Period This review explores the immune system-related consequences of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs administered in the perioperative period--both beneficial and potentially harmful.
  Anesthesiology, May 16, 2022
• Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report 2022 Medscape's Anesthesiologist Compensation Report 2022 explores income sources, pay gaps, and attitudes about work as COVID's impact on medical practices declines.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 13, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Yes, Say Gay: Small Steps to Improving LGBTQ+ Patient Care One psychologist discusses how the US healthcare system fails the LGBTQ+ community and offers ways to address this in the clinic.
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 13, 2022