Incision

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams. Researchers from the University of Chicago found that the strongest impact of more familiar teams was in decreasing operative times. vs 10.0%), longer operative times, and a longer hospital stay.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The text read: 911 call me I was administering an anesthetic to a 41-year-old woman in an operating room at Stanford University, while a neurosurgeon worked to remove a meningioma tumor from her brain. I scanned the operating room monitors and confirmed that her vital signs were perfect. Her life was my responsibility.

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Operating Room Operation Vital Signs Nurse Anesthetist 52