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CMS Report Confirms Need for CRNAs
Tens of thousands of nurse anesthetists helped care for critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, making certified registered nurse anesthetists among the top specialties that served Medicare patients in non-telehealth during the first few months of the pandemic.
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Pandemic-Era Infection Prevention Practices Should Continue
Even if the COVID-19 pandemic ends soon, surgery centers likely will need to maintain the same level of infection prevention vigilance they have practiced for more than a year.
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Assess and Address Patients’ Risk Factors Collaboratively
A patient with pre-existing conditions and comorbidities could transform a routine surgery into something riskier. Presurgery assessments can reveal issues related to high risk for transfer, readmission, and overnight stay.
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Toolkit Offers Guidelines to Surgery Centers Treating Obese Patients
The six-page trifold includes a flowchart with guidance on body mass index, sedation levels, and the importance of identifying pre-existing conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea.
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Surgery Centers Will Serve More Obese Patients, Must Understand Comorbidities, Risk Factors
As more complex procedures can be performed in ambulatory surgery centers, leaders should learn about comorbidities among obese patients and the risk factors associated with performing complicated surgery on this group.
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COVID-19 Affected U.S. Life Expectancy: How Bad Is It?
The pandemic dinged the average, but the latest data do not tell the whole story.
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Reversal of Direct Oral Anticoagulants
Given the growing use of direct oral anticoagulants, particularly in the elderly population, it is important as an emergency physician to be well versed on the methods of emergent reversal of these agents in the bleeding patient.
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One Dose, Lower Temps May Suffice for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Encouraging new data emerge regarding storage, administration requirements.
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U.K. Approves First COVID-19 Human Challenge Trial
Volunteers will be infected with virus so researchers can learn more about pathology, speed effective vaccine development.
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Prominent Pastor, Scientists, Researchers Seek to Ease Vaccine Fears in Minority Populations
Minority populations are more likely to participate in clinical research activities when they are encouraged by trusted authority figures, such as family physicians or pastors. One such pastor and author, Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter’s House in Dallas, decided to use his popular YouTube channel to broadcast information about the COVID-19 vaccine to dispel myths and to encourage his followers to take the shots.