New on anesjc.com:
Featured Study - Analysis of an RCT from @_Anesthesiology comparing postop delirium after dex vs. propofol sedation. Found significant benefit from dex.
Pascal Zinn—director of adult neurosurgical oncology at @UPMCHillmanCC—explains how awake brain surgery is allowing neurosurgeons to remove brain tumors with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency. Watch the complete video on YouTube at youtu.be/X0X44wrjNNI@pascalzinn
The resident and fellow physicians at @PennMedicine are unionizing!!
UPenn housestaff would the first residents in Pennsylvania to unionize. We are determined to not only improve patient care at UPenn, but to set standards for what residency and equity in healthcare should be.
🥳CONGRATS to our #obanes fellow, Dr Bergeron, on her departmental Seed Grant to support her project,
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“Effectiveness of Clonidine, Dexmedetomidine, and Fentanyl Adjuncts for Labor Epidural Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial (The CLASSIER Trial)”
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The Oregonian calls Measure 114, Firearms restrictions ballot measure: Passes.
Measure 114 would require Oregonians to pay a $65 fee for a permit to buy a gun and would ban the sale or transfer of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
It's official. I will be the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
We bet on the people of Pennsylvania - and you didn’t let us down
And I won’t let you down. Thank you.
Is videolaryngoscopy superior to direct laryngoscopy? Will it become the default method for intubation?
Check out October’s Deep Dive on the new meta-analysis from @BJAJournals comparing VL to DL on anesjc.com
🚨White Women in Missouri🚨
I need y’all to lean in and listen close now.
Every single Republican Member of the House of Representatives from Missouri just voted against our right to contraception.
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The fact that a 10-year-old girl has been raped makes every inch of your eyes water eternally. But the fact that we have an entire party in this country forcing her to take that baby to term… That is some Isis shit right there!
Today ACOG and the AMA were joined by more than 75 health care organizations in a statement condemning legislative interference in the patient–clinician relationship that restricts the full spectrum of care. Read the full statement: bit.ly/3uyb5xg
PA governor candidates on Roe:
Shapiro will veto any abortion restriction bill.
Mastriano would sign a heartbeat bill to outlaw abortions after a heartbeat can be detected (~6 weeks). He does not support exceptions for rape, incest of life of mother.
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.