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<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in anesthesiology.

<乌鸦传媒>Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors'

ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture."

<乌鸦传媒>Orthopedists' Financial Conflicts Can Hurt Patients, Surgeon Says

It's financially compelling for doctors to do things that don't help patients.

<乌鸦传媒>Stop DMARDs Before Orthopedic Surgery in RA Patients?

Deft medication management is important.

<乌鸦传媒>Predicting Death in Advanced Cancer

Study offers clues to guide clinicians, families about end of life.

<乌鸦传媒>Are RA Patients More Sensitive to Pain?

For many RA is complicated by fibromyalgia.

<乌鸦传媒>Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU?

Association seen versus resident physicians in small study.

<乌鸦传媒>More Nurses May Mean Fewer Deaths in ICU

High patient to nurse ratios may lead to more errors and fatal outcomes.

<乌鸦传媒>When Docs Sue Their Own Hospital

At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians.

<乌鸦传媒>The Five Best Apps for Echocardiography

Echocardiography is a frequently used tool in the evaluation of a wide range of cardiac diseases.

<乌鸦传媒>'Generic' Colchicine to Hit Market

May provide some price relief for gout patients.

<乌鸦传媒>Separating Spondyloarthritis From Back Pain Still Problematic

Spinal MRI criteria don't help differentiate SpA from nonspecific pain.

<乌鸦传媒>Opioid Linked to Low Blood Sugar

Tramadol was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia.

<乌鸦传媒>New Treatments for High Potassium on the Horizon

But ultimate success is far from guaranteed.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel Wants Safer Epidural Steroid Shots

Majority votes to end epidural injections with "particulate" steroids.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Advisers Tackle Epidural Steroid Shots

Focus on adverse neurologic effects.

<乌鸦传媒>Gout May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease

Study showed AD incidence higher over 5 years for patients without gout.

<乌鸦传媒>These Men Had Their Penises Broken, Cut, and Shot

Industrial accidents, self-inflicted genital mutilation, and gunshots: It's dangerous out there for the male member.

<乌鸦传媒>Are There Fewer 'Tasty' Meals After Bariatric Surgery?

Taste buds may be diminished by weight-loss surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Evolution: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

Techniques have changed and improved.

<乌鸦传媒>Two Gastric Balloons May Be Better than One

A dual-balloon intragastric device helped patients shed more pounds.

<乌鸦传媒>Excerpt From 'Being Mortal ... '

Ivan Ilyich isn't as foreign to today's medicine as we imagine.

<乌鸦传媒>Vitamin D Blog: No Help in the ICU

Boosting vitamin D levels doesn't help ICU patients.

<乌鸦传媒>Portenoy Opioid Talk Sparks Controversy

Opioid advocate Russell Portenoy's invitation to an upcoming NIH workshop is under fire.

<乌鸦传媒>The Bottomline: Cardiac Telemetry

Can a 'wise' choice save $4.8 million in a single year?

<乌鸦传媒>BCS: 'Jolie Effect' Drives Genetic Test Referrals

SAN FRANCISCO -- Referrals for genetic testing almost doubled in the first 6 months after actress Angelina Jolie said she would undergo bilateral mastectomy after testing positive for BRCA1 mutation.

<乌鸦传媒>Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

<乌鸦传媒>Glucometer Control Test Underused in Diabetes

ORLANDO -- Control solution for ensuring the proper function of glucose meters didn't appear to be a priority among physicians, pharmacists, or patients, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Truth vs. Fiction: Measuring 'The Knick'

How does John Thackery -- from Cinemax's "The Knick" -- measure up to the surgeon his character is based on, William S. Halsted?

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician

In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money.

<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Tied to More ICD Placements

Dementia patients get more implantable cardioverter-defibrillators than expected, and even cognitively normal individuals may not understand their options about cardiac device replacement.

<乌鸦传媒>Are Your Patients Using Fake Names?

A case study in the American Journal of Medicine poses a vexing question many healthcare professionals have faced: What should you do when your patients use fraudulent names?

<乌鸦传媒>Morning Break: The B.O. Talk, No Love for Niacin

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 乌鸦传媒 staff.

<乌鸦传媒>Now What? DEA Tosses Tramadol in Schedule IV

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) scheduled tramadol as a Schedule IV substance -- whats the big fuss about tramadol that led to this decision by the DEA?

<乌鸦传媒>Staples or Sutures: Which Is Better After C-Section?

The decision to use sutures or staples to close incisions after a cesarean delivery has been debated in the obstetrics community, but results from a new study seem to give sutures the edge.

<乌鸦传媒>Antibiotics No Help After Gallbladder Surgery

Postoperative antibiotics after gallbladder removal do not reduce the risk of infection, researchers reported.

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Highlights: VA, Cheerleaders, and Guns

CHICAGO -- Wrapping up a full agenda, the AMA agrees cheerleading is a sport, doctors outside the VA need to pitch in to help care for veterans, and e-cigarettes need to be regulated.

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Clamps Down on MOC, But Punts on Gun Regs

CHICAGO -- The AMA鈥檚 House of Delegates drew the line on this year's hot button topic -- maintenance of certification (MOC), saying it should not be mandatory, nor should it be a condition of licensure.

<乌鸦传媒>CCSVI Practices Suboptimal but Patients Don't Mind

DALLAS -- Canadian multiple sclerosis patients who left the country to undergo the controversial procedure called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) often received poor pre- and postoperative care, but most were still relatively satisfied overall, a researcher reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>How To Tell Fake Neck Pain From Real: The Pain Medicine News Report

A regular update on what鈥檚 new in surgery from our friends at Pain Medicine News.

<乌鸦传媒>Lung Foam Disappoints in COPD

SAN DIEGO -- A trial of hydrogel-based lung volume reduction therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) complicated by emphysema failed to show consistent enough results and has been abandoned by the agent's developer, researchers said here.

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