P ostoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) remains the most common anesthetic-related complication in today's perioperative environment and one of the most feared outcomes by patients before surgery. 1 With better understanding of the multiple receptor pathways involved in the pathogenesis of PONV, we are now able to optimize the antiemetic prophylaxis in high-risk patients by using a multimodal...

The silence, shame, and stigma surrounding menstruation are increasingly being challenged from various cultural domains. In a bold, comical, highly digestible book, It's About Bloody Time. Period. (2019), Emma Barnett busts taboos about menstruation. Others have focused on period poverty—the lack of access to sanitary products safe, hygienic spaces in which use them. some settings, poverty, com...

The management of patients who require temporary interruption of oral anticoagulant therapy because of surgery or other invasive procedures is a clinically important topic because of the increasing prevalence of patients who are receiving oral anticoagulants and the availability of low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs), which allow out-of-hospital perioperative anticoagulation. The optimal mana...