Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast Episode 44: Intro to cardiac anesthesia with Megan Kostibas Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 59:12 Subscribe Share In this episode, episode 44, I welcome Dr. Megan Kostibas to the show. Dr. Kostibas is trained in…
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast Episode 43: Maternal Physiology with Mike Hofkamp Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 45:27 Subscribe Share In this episode, episode 43, I welcome Dr. Mike Hofkamp to the show. Dr. Hofkamp is Director of OB Anesthesia…
Retinoblastoma is the most common visual cancer in children. Data says it affects around 300 children in the U.S. every year. The disease can be inherited and it can affect one eye or both eyes. The usual symptoms are altered discoloration of the pupil and strabismus that leads to medical attention. Succeeding appropriate diagnostic studies…
If you are at all up to date about what’s happening in the world of technology, you know AI (that’s Artificial Intelligence) is here and about to take over a large proportion of jobs that to date, only humans have been able to do. This is not future stuff, this is NOW stuff. Über has…
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Nijssen EC, et al Lancet. 2017 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Link This prospective, open-label, single centre, randomized trial of 660 patients found no hydration (2.7% incidence CIN) to be non-inferior compared to iv hydration (2.6% incidence CIN) in preventing contrast induced nephropathy in patients with reduced renal function…
The Zika Virus exploded onto the international health scene in the last several months. It was first discovered in humans in 1951 and remained limited to Africa and Asia until the first major outbreak in Micronesia in 2007. Since then the virus has continued to evolve and spread from the Pacific Islands and French Polynesia…
These gummies came to be after I received a carton of organic orange juice in a weekly food delivery box. I’m not usually a huge fan of fruit juice because once the fiber is removed, it can spike your insulin quite drastically, which (among other things) can negatively impact energy and mood, especially in children….
‘The problem with Millennials is that…’ is an expression often heard. Let’s face it, it’s not easy to manage a generation that is more in contact with technology than with people. At least that’s a common opinion. There is often talk about the contribution of Millennials to the workplace and the frustrations many members of…
PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry’s primary lobbying group, announced changes to its membership structure that purged 22 companies of their membership or associate membership status. Now, to be a member of PhRMA, you have to spend at least $200 million per year spent on research and research expenditures must equal to at least 10% of global…
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Lascarrou JB, et al. JAMA. 2017 Feb 7;317(5):483-493. Abstract Link This study was an open-label, randomized clinical trial conducted at 7 ICUs in France that found video laryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy did not improve first-pass orotracheal intubation rates or median time to successful intubation in an…