Apophenia and anesthesia: how we sometimes change our practice prematurely

robotic anesthesia: how is it going to change our practice?

Robotic Anesthesia: How is it Going to Change Our Practice?

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Robots are about to revolutionize anesthesia practice as they have manufacturing. This article explores the changes that are about to happen, and how anesthesiologists can best adapt to these changes and improve patient care. In the relatively brief course of its history since the days of open ether inhalation, anesthesiology ha...

Neonatal anesthesia: how we manage our most vulnerable patients

Neonates undergoing surgery are at higher risk than older children for anesthesia-related adverse events. During the perioperative period, the maintenance of optimal hemodynamics in these patients is challenging and requires a thorough understanding of neonatal physiology and pharmacology. Data from animals and human cohort studies have shown relation of the currently used anesthetics may assoc...

How do we change practice when we have the evidence?

Translating research findings into practice includes myriad pragmatic realities, including understanding the suitability of the data to a particular patient group, writing new guidelines for occupational therapy practitioners, facilitating adoption of the guidelines, and instituting new patterns of care for patients. The process is more than a matter of disseminating the information to practiti...

Should our focus on inflammation change the way we practice?

Some scientists say, "Forget about bacteria; treat, or even better yet, prevent inflammation." We understand that periodontal diseases originate as bacterial assaults, but some two-thirds of the destruction comes from the inflammatory response to the bacterial invasion. There is growing evidence that inflammation can be transferred from the oral cavity to other parts of the body (and vice versa...