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SurgeXperiences 317
Welcome to yet another fortnight of SurgeXperiences, where we feature several blog articles which might be of interest to surgeons, anesthesiologists, scrub nurses, nurses, students, techs, or just about anyone who is fascinated by the surgical discipline – where one has to cut to cure and heal. I have decided to leave out research articles as they can be found easily on the various surgical journals, that is of course, a blogger has decided to blog about it. The following is a caveat of posts featured in order of submission: Bongi, master story teller, recently nominated for best medical literary blog 2010 (i hope ...
Source: monash medical student - February 22, 2010 Category: Medical Students Authors: Jeffrey Tags: SurgeXperiences Surgery Source Type: blogs

Sunday News Round-Up – Short Sunny Day Edition
There are lots of great links up in the Ninth Carnival of Feminist Parenting, including links on sex ed, pregnancy, disability, violence against women, body image and more. Also, 14th Carnival of Feminists is up and focused on social justice organizing. Robin Marty has a round-up of some abortion-related laws proposed in the states this legislative session. A conference I didn’t know about and now really want to attend: From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom (April 9-11 in Amherst, MA). Applications for travel/housing stipends are due on the 24th of this month. [hat t...
Source: Women's Health News - February 21, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Breastfeeding Drugs Ethics Events & Observances HIV/AIDS News Round-Ups conferences parenting Source Type: blogs

Dystrophinopathies in adults: pearls
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Source: neurologyminutiae - February 20, 2010 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Using the rete list for collective curating online
Recently I announced a quiz to get more information about a historical syringe that a couple of friends had bought for me. This quiz was far from easy since we had no information on the syringe whatsoever. Medical Museion’s guest researcher and former chief physician Sven Erik Hansen was the first to make a suggestion on our Danish blog — he thought it might had been be used to treat haemorrhoids. Sven Erik’s was a qualified guess, but it seems like the area of expertise that we are dealing with here is rather odontology. Thomas put a query about the syringe on rete, the mailing list for c...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - February 20, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonas Paludan Tags: collections curation history of medicine history of technology material studies medical scientific instruments medical technology social networking historical syringe odontology Source Type: blogs

A Conversation with Ricki ( reported to me by Ricki’s Sister)
Ricki: Why does O. (her nephew, a 2 month-old baby) only drink and not eat?Sis: Because he has no teeth.(Ricki doesn’t believe, so sis shows her. O’s gums are toothless.)Ricki: So he has to go to the hospital right away with complete anesthesia, to...
Source: Deaf Village - February 18, 2010 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Beneath the Wings Tags: Hard-of-Hearing Speech VB Source Type: blogs

Universities, Bayh-Dole: Rules and Regulations – Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
A recent editorial “Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water” from Mark C. Rogers, M.D., M.B.A., former anesthesiologist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins and Editor-in-chief of the journal, Medical Innovation & Business notes that the whole purpose of the Bayh-Dole Act has been forgotten. The act, which gave the ownership of intellectual property discovered under government-sponsored research grants back to the university and the scientists who had gotten the grants, was to specifically encourage commercialization in the interests of expanding our national economy. Although he thinks that commercialization of bi...
Source: Policy and Medicine - February 18, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

Journal Club – In Vivo Inhibition Dynamics
Inhibition has a powerful role shaping the network dynamics of the cortex, but most studies of inhibitory circuitry are done in brain slice or anesthetized animals. In Membrane potential dynamics of GABAergic neurons in barrel cortex of behaving mice, Gentet et al use two-photon imaging to guide dual, whole-cell patch clamp of inhibitory and excitatory neurons in the mouse barrel cortex. These mice are head fixed, but awake and naturally whisking. The authors can then see how the membrane dynamics of both subthreshold and suprathreshold voltages are correlated across pairs of cells. Differences between the correlatio...
Source: Brain Windows - February 18, 2010 Category: Neurologists Authors: andrewhires Tags: Imaging Voltage in vivo inhibition patch clamp two-photon whole cell Source Type: blogs

Thoughts from the Waiting Room
Both Ellie and Zack were in surgery, or at least preparing to go under the knife, as they say. My anxiety could be cut with a knife. I haven't felt these feelings for many years now; the last time was when my wife was having surgery. Of course, Ellie and Zack are my two Sheltie puppies, but I love my dogs, too.Ellie was being spayed; Zack was being neutered. I was very sorry that they had to endure these procedures, but as responsible dog-owners, it is really the best. They are six months old now, and starting to mature.They knew something was up when breakfast was not immediately served. They kept staring at us as we had ...
Source: All Ears - February 17, 2010 Category: Physician Assistants Authors: Rod Moser_PA_PhD Source Type: blogs

'How did this video get 4 1/2 stars?'
Last evening the following comment on one of my YouTube videos came across the transom. ................................................ It's my favorite so far this year. "How did this video get 4 1/2 stars?" clifyt? Flautist? Bueller? Anyone? "Mumbling & wrapper noises...?" I'm laughing really hard as "look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it" suddenly flits across my mind's ear. "You can hardly see anything he's doing (not exciting anyway)." I couldn't agree more. The whole point of making that video and its companion�...
Source: bookofjoe - February 16, 2010 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Source Type: blogs

Anesthesiology in Social Media: Selected Resources
Webicina, the first medical web 2.0 guidance service, published today Anesthesiology and Web 2.0, a free comprehensive resource containing all the web 2.0 tools from quality blogs and communities to online slideshows and mobile applications. It was designed to help medical professionals interested in anesthesiology find the best resources online. Please take a look at the table of contents: News and Information on Anesthesiology Anesthesiology in the Blogosphere Anesthesiology Podcasts and Intrerviews Anesthesiology Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums Microblogging: Twitter and Friendfeed Anesthesiology Wikis Ane...
Source: ScienceRoll - February 16, 2010 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 PeRSSonalized Medicine Web 2.0 Webicina Source Type: blogs

Praise for Your Favorite Healthcare Professional?
Patients excel at slamming our doctors online. Sometimes our words are thoughtful, constructive criticism, and other times we are just spewing. While it is necessary to vent sometimes, we run the risk of losing credibility if that is all we do. I hope my blog contributes to constructive patient conversation. Still, I don’t think I take enough time to acknowledge who has done right by me. So that’s what I want to do today. Someone who’s done right by me: My anesthesiologist. My first surgery had scary recovery room complications due to anesthesia. I was totally freaked out and didn’t want a repeat perfor...
Source: Everything Changes - February 16, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized doctor patient communication young adult cancer Source Type: blogs

Reversing the metaphor
Well before Atul Gawande's "Checklist" article, the example of aviation's quality/safety procedures had been commonly held out as a model for how health care should operate. Root Cause Analysis of adverse outcomes, no-fault reporting and the like were promulgated through health care, with highly positive effects. The safety record of surgical anesthesia is directly attributable to their adoption of aviation's procedures. This is, however, the first time I have seen a proposal that aviation should work more like health care: Oh my god, listing to the "service rep" talk in this video gives me the chills -- they have...
Source: Movin' Meat - February 16, 2010 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Source Type: blogs

The Risks of Hospitals Live-Tweeting Surgeries
Should hospitals send twitter "updates" on patients undergoing complicated catheter ablation procedures using "pre-approved" scripted story lines?In a far corner of the operating room Thursday, a Web producer and a cardiac expert with St. Vincent’s huddled over a laptop. They chronicled the procedure largely from a script that Oza had signed off on a day earlier. The procedure uses radio frequencies to scar parts of the heart. The scars block signals sent from a quartet of veins in the left atrium, signals that cause the heart to go haywire. The entire procedure is done using a catheter inserted into a patient’s groin ...
Source: Dr. Wes - February 15, 2010 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: catheter ablation social media surgery Twitter Source Type: blogs

Will Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Be Incorporated Into Other Devices?
Cambridge Heart, Inc., a Tewksbury, Massachusetts firm, is reporting that it has completed the development of an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) module of its Microvolt T-wave Alternans (MTWA), and is now seeking FDA's 501(k) to start marketing its technology. According to MassDevice, the company is planning to shift its focus from sales to physicians and hospitals, so it can now start developing "an OEM version that other manufacturers could incorporate into their own products." As some of you might remember from our previous coverage of this technology, the Microvolt T-wave Alternans (MTWA) stress test, that "look...
Source: Medgadget - February 15, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Michael Source Type: blogs

SurgeXperiences 317 – Call for Submissions
There is no scheduled host for SurgeXperiences 317 (February 21st), but don’t let that keep you from making your submissions. If you would like to host edition #317 or any future editions, please contact Jeffrey who runs the show here. SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article to submit. You are encouraged to submit your surgery related posts. The deadline for submissions to be included in the 316 edition is midnight on Friday, February 5th. Be sure to submit your post via this form.&#...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 14, 2010 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: surgeXperiences Source Type: blogs

A Valentine For Whistle-Blowers Done Wrong. Like Anne Mitchell. Like Debbie Crane. Like Mary Johnson. And Their Mothers.
I was profoundly grateful that Anne Mitchell, the Texas nurse who found herself defending criminal charges because she did her duty and reported a bad physician, was found NOT GUILTY earlier this week.I was actually terrified that she would be convicted. You see, after my own experience in the good-ole hometown, I've got no faith left in the "small town values" espoused by those who live in them. I've never understood the ability of some people to abandon what they know to be right and true for the dubious privilege of going along to get along. I've seen people in Asheboro do this my entire life, but I still don't get it.I...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - February 14, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Back to the future: Telemedicine as envisioned in 1924
Above, the cover of the April 1924 issue of Radio News, "circulation larger than any other radio publication," edited by Hugo Gernsback.It appears on page 50 of the December 2009 issue of Anesthesiology News, where it accompanies a continuation of Larry Beresford's front page story, "Telemedicine Helps Guide Long Distance Intubation."Alas, the picture's not included with the web version of the article.Before getting out my scanner, just for the heck of it I put "radio news april 1924" in the Google Images search box and lo and behold, there it was, the first result.T...
Source: bookofjoe - February 13, 2010 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Source Type: blogs

REJECTION 7
This is the seventh in a series of blogs on the topic of REJECTION"Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in nineteenth-century France and England, or twentieth-century Russia and America." - Lillian HellmanIt is often easier to believe a bad idea than a good idea. Bad ideas can be carefully designed to provide people with something they want to believe, unconstrained by reality. Canals on Mars - Well into the twentieth century, scientists believed that there were canals on the planet Mars. Optical lines criss-crossing M...
Source: Specified Life - February 11, 2010 Category: Pathologists Tags: rejection Source Type: blogs

Genius on the Edge – book review
I received a free copy of the book, Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted by Gerald Imber, MD, a week ago. I have enjoyed reading it. The book is the biography of Dr Halsted, but also gives you a glimpse into the life of many other great medical figures: William Osler, William Henry Welch, Harvey Cushing, etc. (photo credit) In many ways it is a history of medicine/surgery in America. Halsted was very influential in bringing aseptic techniques to surgery and introduced the residency training system. He used his knowledge of anatomy to improve surgical...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 11, 2010 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: books Source Type: blogs

BehindTheMedspeak: Anesthesiologist Memory Stick
"The USB Doctor's joints bend at waist, knees and arms — remove the head (via surgery) to access the 2GB USB plug."Just 2GB?That oughta be enough to get through most cases, I guess.For the rest, hey, that's what residency is for.$23.99.[via Ray Earhart]
Source: bookofjoe - February 9, 2010 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Source Type: blogs

An anesthesiologist accused of making up trial data pleads guilty to federal charges
Originally published in MedPage Today by John Gever, MedPage Today Senior Editor A Massachusetts anesthesiologist accused of fabricating data in studies of pain drugs will plead guilty to federal criminal charges under an agreement with prosecutors. Scott Reuben, MD, a well-known pain researcher at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., was charged with one count of healthcare fraud. Early last year, the hospital announced that an internal audit had revealed that Reuben had made up research data out of whole cloth, affecting at least 21 published studies over a 15-year period. The criminal charge arose from one o...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 8, 2010 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Drugs and Pharma specialist Source Type: blogs

Liposuction – Shaping not Weight-loss
H/T to Jeff Frentzen, PSP Blog, for the link to this article “Large Volume Liposuction - Nip/Tuck Gets It Very Wrong” by Natalie Kita (December 22, 2009) I am not so silly as to miss seeing FX Network's plastic surgery-based drama Nip / Tuck for what it truly is: entertainment. I don't expect pinpoint scientific accuracy. However, when doing any sort of medical-based drama, doing it well requires that you must at least attempt to be somewhere in the realm of reality where the medical facts are concerned. Last week's episode broke that rule ten times over when it portrayed a large volume liposuction case in which 150...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 8, 2010 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: surgery Patient Safety liposuction Source Type: blogs

A Lawsuit Over Healthcare IT Whistleblowing and Wrongful Discharge: Malin v. Siemens Healthcare
"Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice." - Grey's lawAt an Aug. 2009 post "Why Siemens Healthcare Fails" I described medical informatics talent management issues that were apparent in a job posting at Siemens Medical Solutions, a company that a decade ago seemed to value medical informatics expertise. (They in fact wanted to hire me then, an offer former employees tell me I was fortunate to have rejected due to a better offer from pharma).I now note a July 2007 healthcare IT-related lawsuit against the same company (and its summary dismissal) of which I was unaware when I wrote the above p...
Source: Health Care Renewal - February 8, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: Healthcare IT failure Siemens Siemens Healthcare Murray Malin Source Type: blogs

SurgeXperiences 316 is Up
Dr DJ is the host of this edition of SurgeXperiences. Here is the beginning of this edition which you can read here. (photo credit) Welcome to the 316 Edition of SurgeXperiences - The Surgical blog carnival. I was overwhelmed with the number of submissions I got and it was nothing short of a party for me to read all the posts. The host of the next edition (317) has not been announced, but don’t let that keep you from making your submissions. Be sure to make your submissions by the deadline: midnight on Friday,February 19th. Be sure to submit your post via this form. SurgeXperiences is a blog carni...
Source: Suture for a Living - February 7, 2010 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: surgery surgeXperiences Source Type: blogs

Researchers Identify Racial Differences In Pain Treatment Outcomes
Findings from a retrospective analysis of a three-week treatment program for chronic pain revealed African Americans experienced worse outcomes compared to a matched group of Caucasians. The research was presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 26th Annual Meeting in San Antonio."Our research showed important differences in treatment outcomes exist among African Americans with chronic pain," said Michael Hooten, MD and assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. "The next step in this line of research will be to determine how treatment of chronic pain ca...
Source: Psychology of Pain - February 5, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs

Ins and Outs
Public Share of Health Tab to Top 50%... [WSJ] Lancet retracts MMR doctor's paper... [Nature] Democrats Change Health-Care Tack ... [WSJ] The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved... [WSJ] California Doctors Sue To Stop Unsupervised Nurse Anesthetists from Administering Anesthesia... [HealthLeaders Media] Internet use linked to depression... [Press Association] Brain scan allows unconscious patient to communicate... [Nature] Researchers identify regulator of human sperm cells... [UCSF] In-mouth hearing aid co AudioDent closes down... [Globes] MassDevice Q&A: Myomo CEO Steve Kelly... [MassDevice] Boston Scientific Settles Longsta...
Source: Medgadget - February 4, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Michael Source Type: blogs

Why Credentials?
Today, the ongoing turf war between nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists was reported in the Wall Street Journal:Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided last year to allow nurse anesthetists in California to work without a supervising physician. Now two doctors’ groups are challenging the move in court, according to HealthLeaders Media.The fight centers over 2001 Medicare rules that usually require a doctor to supervise when nurses administer anesthesia, but allow states to op out of the requirement if a governor sends a letter to the feds. California did that in June.Needless to say, the anesthesiology community was not ...
Source: Dr. Wes - February 4, 2010 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: credentials Source Type: blogs

EU Disturbs The Magnetic Force
When we're done here, I want you to sign THIS petition. You'll see why momentarily. The European Union, perhaps the prototype for a world-government that some in our country seem to desire, is about to do radiology, and thus humanity, a disservice. It seems that the folks over there in charge of such things issued a Phyical Agents (Electromagnetic Field) Directive in 2004, which was to take effect in 2008, but has now been postponed to 2012. Feel free to read the entire Directive at your leisure, but here are some of the salient Whereases: (1) Under the Treaty (creating the European Union) the...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - February 3, 2010 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs

California Turf War: Anesthesiologists vs. Nurses
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided last year to allow nurse anesthetists in California to work without a supervising physician. Now two doctors’ groups are challenging the move in court, according to HealthLeaders Media. The fight centers over 2001 Medicare rules that usually require a doctor to supervise when nurses administer anesthesia, but allow states to op out of the requirement if a governor sends a letter to the feds. California did that in June. But the California Medical Association (membership: 35,000 docs and med students) and the California Society of Anesthesiologists (4,000) claim in state court that S...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - February 3, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: James A. White Tags: Doctors Medicare Nursing Source Type: blogs

International Health News 02/03/2010
Belief that pregnancy ruins a woman’s brain ‘is a myth’ – Daily Telegraph 3rd January 2010 “The belief that pregnancy ruins a woman’s brain is a myth, a new study shows. “ tags: Pregnancy, Memory, Psychology, IHN, Health, News, Daily Telegraph Additional Stories If pregnancy brain doesn’t exist, why are the keys in the fridge? – The Times 3rd January 2010 Memory playing up? Forget about blaming it on the baby as study debunks ‘preghead myth’ – Daily Mail 3rd February 2010 Pregnancy baby brain lapse ‘a myth’ – BBC Health News 3rd February 2010 ...
Source: Fade Library - February 3, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs

Beneath the Sun
"Your baby is getting her organs," he whispered into my ear. A phrase that both stopped and started everything.I rushed to finish ICU rounds, and our bleeding, orange baby blew kisses at us and waved to her people from the confines of her glass room. "It's my day!" she seemed to say, giggling, and burring her face in her mom's blood-stained top.There was some healthy competition as to who would get to go on the organ procurement. I was persistent and forceful, and later found myself in a posh jet with two of the most well-known surgeons at our hospital. I was pretty sure they had hired Air Force One to fly us. I munched on...
Source: 6YearMed - February 2, 2010 Category: Medical Students Authors: Danielle Source Type: blogs

Picking a specialty – “what is the next hot field”
Last night I had a very interesting conversation with some 3rd year medical students. We talked about intern applications, scheduling the 4th year and choosing a specialty. One of the students wants radiology and is not concerned about the 20% decrease in payment that radiologists are getting from Medicare. Another student asked me to predict what the next "chic" specialty will be. The fact that the question was asked and that the other students were interested in my thoughts discourages me. I know that students have championed the ROAD – radiology, orthopedics, anesthesiology and de...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - February 2, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs

To find the best hospitals, data needs to be publicly available
My mother used to say you don’t know what worry means until you have a child. One dreary day in 1999 my husband and I learned how right Mom was when we had to hospitalize our infant for "minor" surgery, and the anxiety was unlike anything we’d ever suffered. Of course we worried about the big hazards, like a surgery mishap. But we also worried about the smaller mistakes like a nurse forgetting to wash his hands or the anesthesiologist miscalculating the dose. Unfortunately, we weren’t just paranoid new parents. Not only are mistakes like these commonplace, they’re much more likely in some hospitals than ...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - February 2, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: ConsumerReports.orgConsumer Reports Health Blog Tags: Doctors & services Hospital infections Medical errors Safety Source Type: blogs

Withdrawal in newborns: Lay off the guilt trip!!
I will share some thoughts that I left at a discussion at a ‘linked in’ group about addiction. I was responding to someone who was equating addiction and physical dependence in a baby born to an opiate-addicted mother. My feeling is that such women are given way too much of an attitude by the nurses and others who care for them, and that was the motivation behind my response. Read on: There are many differences between physiological dependence and addiction to substances. For example, people who take effexor are dependent– and will have significant discontinuation-emergent side effects– but they are n...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - February 1, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: SuboxDoc Tags: Suboxone Suboxone Forum addiction buprenorphine methadone other blogs pregnancy subutex withdrawal addict baby buprenorphine and breast feeding buprenorphine during pregnancy guilt and addiction heroin neonatal abstinence syndr Source Type: blogs

Best of January 2010 Posts & Comments
Most Viewed Posts from January 2010 1. Palliative Care Grand Rounds Vol. 2.1 2. Catholic Directives on Artificial Hydration and Nutrition 3. Paradoxes in Advanced Care Planning 4. Judy Chamberlin, Hospice Patient & Blogger Died January 16th 5. Overdose in Patients Prescribed Chronic Opioid Therapy Most Commented on Posts from January 2010 1. What is the Role of Palliative Care in Haiti After the Earthquake? - 11 comments 2. Paradoxes in Advanced Care Planning - 9 comments 3. Palliative Care Grand Rounds Vol. 2.1 - 8 comments 4. Outpatient Rotations to Methadone - 6 comments Multiple other posts with 2-3 comments B...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog - February 1, 2010 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Christian Sinclair, MD Source Type: blogs

Recently on EchoJournal
We are very pleased with EchoJournal, our echocardiography video sharing community. We now have more than 200 user contributed videos, many members, and solid traffic stats. So, if you are a cardiologist, anesthesiologist, radiologist, medical student, or just a person interested in cardiac echoes (TEEs and transthoracic), you can browse through our video archives, upload your own clips, and discuss individual cases. The site is curated by David E. Winchester, MD, a Cardiology Fellow at the University of Florida. He is also getting lots of help from Lebanese cardiologist Dr. Maged Al-Ali. EchoJournal is offering users many...
Source: Medgadget - February 1, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Michael Source Type: blogs

Crouse Hospital doctor joins medical relief effort in Haiti
Courtesty of Crouse HospitalDr. Tim McCall, right, with materials management manager Chris Scribner, left, and purchasing director Mike Fegley, middle, as the anesthesiologist prepared for his medical relief trip to Haiti. Dr. Tim McCall, an anesthesiologist from Crouse Hospital, is...
Source: Health & Fitness Blog on Syracuse.com - February 1, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Amber Smith/The Post-Standard Source Type: blogs

IN THE NEWS: Radioisotope-producing plant shutdown drags on
Chalk River nuclear plant to stay closed even longerIs there anyone who is genuinely surprised to learn of further delays in reopening Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's Ottawa-area Chalk River nuclear facility?Chalk River, which accounts for half the world's production of technetium-99 (an important radioisotope used in medical imaging exams), has been shut for repairs since leaks were discovered last summer. The temporary closing is only the latest of several in the past two years, and the series of shutdowns have thrown the nuclear medicine community into panic.The nuclear plant's operator, AECL, announced last week that...
Source: Canadian Medicine - February 1, 2010 Category: Medical Publishers Tags: humanitarianism Haiti Alberta gynecology Quebec nuclear medicine Source Type: blogs

Gas Guide App for iPhone Provides Handy Access to Anesthesia Info
A free new application is now available for the iPhone platform that provides clinically useful information for anesthesia residents and practicing anesthesiologists. Quick access is available to preoperative checklists, procedures, patient guidelines, and drug information. The Gas Guide app was developed by a group of clinicians but comes with a disclaimer to double check any information before putting it into practice. Emergencies: Acute Stridor, Anaphylaxis, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Devices, Common Problems, Crisis Algorithm, Hemorrhage & Transfusion, Malignant Hyperthermia, Tension Pneumothorax. Operative Safety: ASA ...
Source: Medgadget - January 31, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Michael Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-Up, Snowed In Edition
Nashville got a few inches of snow on Friday, and I’m still not sure about getting down the hill for work tomorrow. Snow day! Local and law student Goldni has two good posts this week, one on Roeder’s trial, and one on the parents who tried to get the dictionary removed from school because it contains *gasp* adult words. She writes: …the fact that it took a whole committee to decide that it would do more good than harm to let the kids use the dictionary, and the fact that there are still some parents who may think that the dictionary may be just too scandalous for their kids, is profoundly disturbing. ...
Source: Women's Health News - January 31, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Birth Breastfeeding Contraception Global Issues Libraryland Miscellaneous News Round-Ups Pregnancy Sex & Sex Education adoption disability Haiti labo Source Type: blogs

SurgeXperiences 316 – Call for Submissions
Dr DJ, a private surgeon in India, will be the host for SurgeXperiences 316 (February 7th). The author behind this blog describes himself this way: A surgeon with a penchant for writing and a passion for revealing the truth behind the farce that is the Indian Medical Industry. SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article to submit. You are encouraged to submit your surgery related posts. The deadline for submissions to be included in the 316 edition is midnight on Friday, Febru...
Source: Suture for a Living - January 31, 2010 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: surgery surgeXperiences Source Type: blogs

A Patient’s Perspective: The Real Cost of Lack of Organization in Hospitals
I remember the hospitalization well. Dear Son had just been put on the ventilator and we were only on day 3 of the hospitalization. After a while, you get to know the routine. Not only is it hard when your child is in the ICU, but after you have done it a few times, you know what to look for in terms of whether or not your child is really improving or not. I have little sayings that I’ve coined over the years to describe the way things are going, such as: “More people, bigger problem.” Back in 2006 when Local Hospital missed the MRSA pneumonia and I arranged for Dear Son’s transfer to Big Academic Medical Center (B...
Source: Dream Mom - January 30, 2010 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Dream Mom Source Type: blogs

Support Haiti & Ace Step 1!
by bcwilliams (Posted Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:06 pm)Hi Everyone! I just joined your forum and wanted to introduce myself, Gunner Training, and let you know about a cool partnership Gunner has with Partners In Health (http://www.pih.org) to help raise some money for Haiti. My name is Ben and was Pre-Med at Harvard (Bio major, Health Policy minor) and I've been in love with medicine and health care since the 8th grade (the catalyst was reading Muscle & Fitness magazine! ). For the longest time I wanted to go to medical school, but after college I finally made the VERY hard decision that I would be better fit for the policy and bu...
Source: Med Student Guide - January 30, 2010 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Professional Suicide Is Not Painless
Remember M*A*S*H . . . both the iconic 1970 movie and the 11-season TV series (whose finale still is the most-watched TV episode in U.S. History) . . . which featured doctors and nurses behaving badly in order to cope with the horrors of war? It was cool and "anti-establishment" and PC for Alan Alda and company to wallow dramatically in their angst.I wonder how horrible/stressful it is to be practicing critical care medicine in shattered third-world conditions???Hummmmmmm . . .Puerto Rican doctors back from a humanitarian mission to help Haitian earthquake victims are under fire for photos of them goofing off . . . photos ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - January 30, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Reiki at Baltimore Shock Trauma Center
The chief of anesthesiology explains the institution's scientific standard: “From what they tell us, we think they get better quicker.”
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - January 29, 2010 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Source Type: blogs

Distinguishing Medical Errors from Negative Outcomes
This article indicates that medical errors are different than negative outcomes and can be distinguished from them. I don't know the medical literature in the area of patient safety so I will need to "wing it" in this discussion. I will take negative outcome to mean that the patient's condition gets worse during treatment because of the natural history of the disease or because of unavoidable sequelae of the treatment itself. You may have all heard the old adage: the operation was a success but the patient died. I will take a medical error to mean that a discernibly wrong step or action was taken during t...
Source: Lab Soft News - January 29, 2010 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Testing Laboratory Industry Trends Medical Consumerism Medical Education Medical Ethics Surgical Pathology Source Type: blogs

Toshiba's Large Paneled X-Ray System Infinix VF-i/BP
Toshiba recently released Infinix VF-i/BP, a new vascular X-ray system that features mid-size (12'' x 12'') and large size (12'' x 16'') flat panel detectors, and a new level of ergonomics and speed of usability to make it easier on doctors and technicians to perform complex multiplane studies. According to the company, Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta is the the first customer in the US to purchase the system. Advanced biplane imaging With its comprehensive positioning and image review capabilities, the Infinix VF-i/BP accommodates a wide range of procedures. Advanced conventional and 3D imaging technologies provide unpreced...
Source: Medgadget - January 28, 2010 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Michael Source Type: blogs

MS in Pain Research, Education & Policy - School of Medicine - Tufts University
MS in Pain Research, Education & PolicyThe Master of Science in Pain Research, Education and Policy (MS-PREP) at Tufts University School of Medicine is the first and only multidisciplinary postgraduate pain management masters program in the United States.Started in 1999, it was developed by two pain experts - an anesthesiologist/internist and a sociologist; this diversity is reflected in the broad curriculum.The Master of Science in Pain Research, Education and Policy addresses topics such as the ethical and sociocultural aspects of pain, palliative care, end of life issues, public policy, legislative issues,...
Source: Psychology of Pain - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs

Dr. Anthony Ware Leads Florida Team to Haiti
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Anthony Ware is leading a team of nurses, surgeons, and anesthesiologists based in Melbourne, Florida on a medical mission to Haiti.
Source: Inside Surgery - January 26, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Source Type: blogs

PeRSSonalized Anesthesiology: Dynamic Collection of Selected Resources
PeRSSonalized Medicine is an easy-to-use, free aggregator of quality medical information that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles about a medical specialty or a medical condition in one personalized place. Now here is the newest category, PeRSSonalized Anesthesiology with all the quality news sites, blogs, peer-reviewed journals, Twitter users and Youtube channels focusing on anesthesiology. Many thanks to Jose Gustavo Martins who helped a lot by sending me tons of quality anesthesiology resources. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database...
Source: ScienceRoll - January 26, 2010 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 PeRSSonalized Medicine Web 2.0 Webicina Source Type: blogs