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...

How much is "it" going to cost?

Critical Care Admissions following Total Laryngectomy: Is It Time to Change Our Practice?

Critical Care Unit (CCU) beds are a limited resource and in increasing demand. Studies have shown that complex head and neck patients can be safely managed on a ward setting given the appropriate staffing and support. This retrospective case series aims to quantify the CCU care received by patients following total laryngectomy (TL) at a District General Hospital (DGH) and compare patient outcom...

HIV result giving. Is it time to change our thinking?

BACKGROUND Ensuring patients receive post-test discussion when collecting HIV test results is an integral component of the HIV testing process. New South Wales Health Department (NSW Health) policy recommends that all patients be given their HIV results in person. We assessed the number of patients who returned for HIV test results to Royal Prince Alfred Sexual Health Clinic in Sydney, Australi...

Permissive hypoxemia: is it time to change our approach?

Ahmed et al1 reported an interesting case of Wegener granulomatosis with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in a 26-year-old woman. The patient was urgently intubated, sedated, paralyzed, and maintained on 100% oxygen and a positive end-expiratory pressure as high as 18 cm H2O. Despite the use of different modes of ventilation, including volume control, pressure control with inverse inspiratory/expira...

Platelet Refractoriness and how it is formed

Abstract Background and Objectives Transfusion of platelet has become one of the main treatments for thrombocytopenic patients to reduce the severity and frequency of bleeding consequences. Failure to attain the desired level of platelets in a patient following platelet transfusion is defined as platelet refractoriness. The purpose of present paper is to review and study the mechanisms involve...