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Anesthesia and Surgery-Related Drug Diversion
December 28, 2023

Anesthesia and Surgery-Related Drug Diversion

Anesthesiologists are managing addictive substances daily in the operating room (5). Exposure to these substances, whether as patient or clinician, co

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Managing High Blood Sugar During Surgery
November 13, 2023

Managing High Blood Sugar During Surgery

In patients undergoing surgery, the presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) or high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) is associated with increased morbidity and

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sedation for joint relocation
October 12, 2023

Postoperative Pain in Patients with Chronic Pain 

The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that 25% of the United States population suffers from chronic pain, incurring an annual cost of up

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Bleeding During Upper vs. Lower GI Surgery 
September 07, 2023

Bleeding During Upper vs. Lower GI Surgery 

Despite therapeutic advances in gastroenterology, acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding still carries relatively high morbidity and mortality.3 Post-su

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Accommodations for Long COVID 
July 20, 2023

Accommodations for Long COVID 

An estimated 65 million individuals worldwide have Long COVID, which includes a constellation of conditions that occur or persist after infection with

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Language Barriers with Surgical Patients 
June 13, 2023

Language Barriers with Surgical Patients 

In 2020, about 25 million Americans did not speak English [1], posing difficulties for a healthcare system in a country where most physicians do not k

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Are Covid Therapeutics Still Being Developed? 
May 08, 2023

Are Covid Therapeutics Still Being Developed? 

As of the beginning of 2023, there were three FDA-authorized treatments for general use against COVID-19, as well as 14 treatments approved for emerge

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Algorithms for Tumor Detection 
March 23, 2023

Algorithms for Tumor Detection 

Detecting tumors in their early stages is critical to treating them as effectively as possible. However, the detection of tumors by traditional method

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<strong>A Comparison of Midazolam with Other Benzodiazepines</strong> 
February 23, 2023

<strong>A Comparison of Midazolam with Other Benzodiazepines</strong> 

Benzodiazepines are depressants that have various effects, including hypnosis, anti-convulsant activity, sedation, decreased anxiety, mediated muscle

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