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News, opinions and meeting coverage in surgery.

A modern hospital building is topped by a very high chimney.

<乌鸦传媒>Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Healthcare On the Rise

U.S. healthcare sector pollutes more than any other industrialized health system in the world

A photo of Robert Safian, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Beaumont Cardiologist Wants Executives Fired

Robert Safian, MD, wrote system's board about toxic culture, pursuit of profit over people

A smart phone displaying the Facebook app with a posting about carbon dioxide poisoning and facemasks

<乌鸦传媒>Surgeons Discover Fatal Risks From Mask Wearing (Satire)

Medical professionals credit social media for highlighting dangers of CO2 self-poisoning

The YouTube thumbnail of this video with Dr. Zubin Damania and the words STOP SILENCING DOCTORS

<乌鸦传媒>Stop Silencing Doctors

ZDoggMD's COVID-19 manifesto

SOLD OUT over a bottle of Midazolam

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Puts ICU Sedatives Into Shortage

Manufacturers caught short by soaring demand

Dr. Manish Raj Gupta next to a bag spilling out sex toys and used syringes

<乌鸦传媒>Surgeon Accused of Taping Sex Assaults; MD Chokes Nurse; Sex for Pain Pills

Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

A surgeon in the operating room bending over to get closer to his work

<乌鸦传媒>A Real Pain in the Neck: Surgeons' Posture

Wearable tech confirms ergonomic stress of surgery

STS over a photo of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

<乌鸦传媒>Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery

3 days or less "very safe," one center reports

Vials of Morphine Sulfate 4 mg, 8 mg, and 10 mg

<乌鸦传媒>Plavix Efficacy Blunted With Opioid in the Picture

More ischemic events seen with drug combo for heart attacks managed invasively

An elderly male physician in front of a computer looking puzzled

<乌鸦传媒>Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians

About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine

Mohemmed Nazir Khan, MD, with patient Milton Wingert after the surgery. (Photo provided by Mount Sinai Health System)

<乌鸦传媒>Surgeon in Spotlight for Excising Soccer Ball-Sized Neck Tumor

Called upon for expertise only 4 months into surgical career

A medical illustration of a stoma.

<乌鸦传媒>Farewell to Hartmann's Procedure?

LADIES trial found primary anastomosis had better outcomes in perforated diverticulitis

<乌鸦传媒>Autologous Blood Use Better for Cardiac Surgeries?

Intra-operative strategy associated with fewer post-op transfusions, shorter stays

<乌鸦传媒>Nerve Plane Block May Improve Mastectomy Pain

Also: obese children and post-surgery pain; patient-controlled epidurals after C-section

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: MI Redefined in International Guidelines

Fourth "Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction" issued

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: Restrictive Transfusion Deemed Safe in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Restrictive strategy superior in those ages ≥75, according to TRICS III trial

<乌鸦传媒>How Bad Are Sleep Problems for Hospital Patients?

Pretty bad, say Dutch researchers, but fixable with "simple changes" in nightly routines

<乌鸦传媒>Proteinuria Flags Risk for Post-Op Kidney Injury

Even trace levels of urinary protein tied to elevated rate of acute renal impairment

<乌鸦传媒>Antihistamine Improves Quality of Sedation During Colonoscopy

More research needed on diphenhydramine as an adjunct to sedation

<乌鸦传媒>Why Do Most Hospitals Ignore Guidelines on Fasting Before Surgery?

Baltimore anesthesiologist responds to Slate critique

<乌鸦传媒>Let Me Make One Thing Perfectly 'Clear'

Toward a better pre-op visit

<乌鸦传媒>Morning Break: Tainted Trials; $40K/Yr Concierge Practice; Reality TV: Diabetes

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

<乌鸦传媒>REMS Impact on Opioid Overdose Rates Unclear

Overdoses fell but deaths did not in claims analysis

<乌鸦传媒>Fewer Vets on Opioids Following VA Initiative

But questions about pain severity, functional outcomes remain

<乌鸦传媒>Some Opiates May Boost Hospital Infection Risk

More hospital-acquired pneumonia with fentanyl, morphine exposure

<乌鸦传媒>Positive Real-World Data for Naloxone Nasal Spray

Reversed nearly all overdoses with modest withdrawal rates

<乌鸦传媒>Headline-Making Issues at SCCM Congress

EMR hacking, terror, contemporary science on display

<乌鸦传媒>Make the Diagnosis: Strange Syncope

Case Findings: A 56-year-old male presents with multiple episodes of syncope. One episode occurred while driving his motorcycle, causing him to sustain multiple nonsurgical cervical spine fractures. An MRI of the brain was obtained. What is your diagnosis?

<乌鸦传媒>'Dreamland' Author Takes an Opioid Epidemic Trip

Investigative journalist Sam Quinones talks about the crisis

<乌鸦传媒>Opiate Alternatives in Cancer Pain

ASRA president discusses the options in this 乌鸦传媒 video

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Sedation Agent for Colonoscopy Meets Phase III Endpoints

Remimazolam shows advantages over midazolam

<乌鸦传媒>301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

<乌鸦传媒>How to Avoid Misdiagnosis

How a patient makes you feel may affect your diagnostic acumen

<乌鸦传媒>Opioid Crisis: Scrap Pain as 5th Vital Sign?

Groups call on JC and CMS to re-evaluate policies that could lead to opioid overprescribing

<乌鸦传媒>Here's Why You Can't Compare Healthcare to the Airline Industry

There are big differences between the two, says Suneel Dhand, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities

NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine

<乌鸦传媒>Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance?

Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire

<乌鸦传媒>'Failure to Communicate' Drives Misdiagnosis

Electronic medical records also need to be improved, says Mark Graber, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better

Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis'

And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea

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