Our guest today is Dr. Keith Baker, Vice Chair of Education at Massachusetts General Hospital. We investigate the claim that emergence from sevoflurane is substantially faster than from isoflurane. We explore rationales and discuss cost.Music...
Our guest today is Dr. Ronald George (@Ron_George), professor and chief of obstetric anesthesia at UCSF. His slides from “The Labour Analgesia Alphabet” are available here: by Stephen Campbell, MD.
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Our guest today is Dr. Tiara Calhoun (@tiaraforsyth), an internal medicine resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an active contributor to FLARE (Fast Literature Assessment and Review), a newsletter that appraises the rapidly...
Our guest today is Dr. Charles Hardin of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is an active contributor to FLARE (Fast Literature Assessment and Review), a collaborative effort within the...
Our guest today is Dr. Justin Morgenstern. His website First10EM provides critical appraisals of important emergency medicine and critical care topics.Music by Stephen Campbell, MD. ReferencesJustin Morgenstern, “Aerosol generating...
We investigate claims related to the application of cricoid pressure. Claim 1. Cricoid pressure reduces the risk of pulmonary aspiration.Claim 2. Landmark technique is able to accurately identify the cricoid cartilage. Claim 3. Cricoid pressure...
We investigate the claim that a subjective assessment is an accurate way to measure functional capacity.We also explore whether self-reported ability to climb two flights of stairs is the best subjective method to assess functional capacity and...
We investigate the claim that norepinephrine is not safe for peripheral administration.Our guests today are Dr. Katarina Ruscic and Dr. Jamie Sparling of the Critical Care Division of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Recommend a guest...
We explore the claim that administering ketorolac (Toradol) increases bleeding and should be avoided in surgeries for which there is concern for bleeding. 1. Administration of intraoperative ketorolac increases the bleeding time due...
In this part 1 of 2 on neuromuscular blockade, we explore three claims. 1. Location of train-of-four assessment matters2. Train-of-four is unnecessary with “sufficient” time from the last dose 3. Fade can be discriminated by...