LiveData

JULY 6, 2023

By improving communication, surgery checklists ensure that the best possible surgical quality is achieved and patient safety is not compromised.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

This column will help you find the top 10 anesthesia journals. Prior to the internet, hard copies of medical journals were bound into volumes and stored at hospital or medical school libraries. To find a specific article required a dive into the archives of the library, with the eventual reward of finding the specific article and then photocopying it to use for your pending lecture, paper, or patient care.

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RK.MD

JULY 6, 2023

The heart is encased within a double-layered protective sac called the pericardium. Pneumopericardium occurs when air accumulates within this sac resulting in increased pressure around the heart. So how does air get there? Blunt or penetrating trauma to the chest can cause mediastinal disruption potentially leading to pneumopericardium. In addition, it’s fairly common to see some air trapped within the remaining pericardium after cardiac surgery or after lung damage (trauma, mechanical ven

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RK.MD

JULY 6, 2023

With market volatility, unexpected layoffs, personal emergencies, and uncertainty about the future, the COVID pandemic taught us the value of establishing an emergency fund. Let’s discuss how I approach this essential financial task. As Fidelity houses my employer’s retirement accounts, Roth IRA, and brokerage accounts, I wanted my emergency fund there to shift money between accounts seamlessly.

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