While the occurrence may be rare the effects of operating room fires can be devastating Aimed at the estimated 50 to 100 fires that occur in operating rooms throughout the United States each year the American Society of Anesthesiologists has issued a Practice Advisory for the Prevention and...
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BERLIN, July 23 (UPI) -- Alcohol use disorders are often overlooked in patients undergoing surgery although alcohol use can increase complication risk, German researchers said. Anesthesiologist Dr. Claudia D. Spies and her...
Department of Anesthesiology (SGV), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. steven.venticinque@va.gov BACKGROUND: War and other disasters are inexorably linked to illness and injury. As a consequence of...
Grants/contracts SNM awards grants to support molecular imaging research A Medical Device Daily Staff Report SNM (Reston, Virginia), dedicated to promoting the practical applications, technology and science of molecular imaging...
YAO Yun-tai, JIA Nai-guang, LI Cheng-hui, ZHANG Ya-jun, YIN Yi-qing Abridged from fulltext The Shikani Optical StyletTM or SOS (Clarus Medical, USA) was developed as an aid to intubation for difficult airways.1 The SOS is...