The aging anesthesiologist: Are we asking the right question?

Asking the Right Question

For instance, enthusiasts of object-oriented programming were initially keen to promote the value of hierarchical models. Only later did experimental evidence reveal that deep hierarchies are more error prone than shallow ones. In contrast, medical practice has changed dramatically during the last decade as a result of adopting an evidence-based paradigm. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, studie...

Asking the right question.

Rendell's most recent predecessor, Tom Ridge , illustrates the historical pattern. Who shall forget the constant allusions to "one-term Tom" that made the rounds of the state capitol during the end of his first year in 1995 and into his second year? Ridge had actually started his governorship with a successful special legislative session dealing with crime legislation and a tax cutting state bu...

Are we asking the right questions?

Are We Asking the Right Questions?

Questions about computers replacing teachers sound a lot like the old class size issue. Some wonder if online learning is too focused on drilling fundamentals rather than exploring concepts. Budget issues now involve expensive technology replacing other costs or whether we even need textbooks. And we fully expect a news story soon about whether kindergarten is too early to introduce students to...

Video vs direct laryngoscopy in the ICU: are we asking the right question?

We read with interest the recent publication in JAMA by Lascarrou et al. [1] of video vs direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. We are eager to raise an important issue absent from the discussion and its accompanying editorial [2]: the danger of administering drugs to facilitate intubation in hypoxemic and hypotensive patients which may induce apnea a...