Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 178
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 178.
Question 1
You finally manage for the first time in the year to make it to the doctors lounge and find the surgical team playing computer games. You roll your eyes and mutter something derogatory under your breath. The surgical team state that they are training. Do vi...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 24, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five calcaneal fracture clubbing Devonshire colic hippocrates hippocratic fingers lead poisoning lover's fracture plaster of paris surgeons video games Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 178
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 178.
Question 1
You finally manage for the first time in the year to make it to the doctors lounge and find the surgical team playing computer games. You roll your eyes and mutter something derogatory under your breath. The surgical team state that they are training. Do vi...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 24, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five calcaneal fracture clubbing Devonshire colic hippocrates hippocratic fingers lead poisoning lover's fracture plaster of paris surgeons video games Source Type: blogs
The Technological Future of Surgery
The future of surgery offers an amazing cooperation between humans and technology, which could elevate the level of precision and efficiency of surgeries so high we have never seen before.
Will we have Matrix-like small surgical robots? Will they pull in and out organs from patients’ bodies?
The scene is not impossible. It looks like we have come a long way from ancient Egypt, where doctors performed invasive surgeries as far back as 3,500 years ago. Only two years ago, Nasa teamed up with American medical company Virtual Incision to develop a robot that can be placed inside a patient’s body and then controlled rem...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Medical Augmented Reality Medical Robotics Virtual Reality in Medicine 3d printing AI artificial intelligence diagnostics gc4 Surgery surgical robot technology Source Type: blogs
Notes to myself – 2
Pentobarb coma – BIS should be 10-20 and SR (suppression ratio) should be 70-80
Consider lev albuterol
Should give vaccines after coiling of spleen or before if possible
No calcium channel blockers post MI definitely and post op in general
Toradol inhibits spine healing
Don’t do endoscopes with patients in supine position
don’t ambulate patients with known dvt’s. wait 2-3 days until clots get stuck.
dvt’s even with filter get heparin as much as possible for post phlebitic syndrome and to retard new clot formation
diffuse alveolar hemorrhage – secondary to chemo, goodpasture’s, wege...
Source: Inside Surgery - December 31, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best Medical Technologies of 2016
The year 2016 presented the world with a number of big surprises. Some positive, some negative, depending on whom one asks. Here at Medgadget, 2016 will be remembered for many amazing and pleasantly unexpected medical technology developments, many of which are foreshadowing cures for spinal cord injuries, effective treatment of diabetes, new ways to fight heart disease, and many other long sought-after medical solutions. Virtual and augmented reality systems, new imaging techniques, and innovative delivery approaches are changing the way doctors learn and take care of patients.
Looking back on the past year, we selected wh...
Source: Medgadget - December 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
DiLumen Endolumenal Therapy System for Procedures Inside Large Intestine FDA Cleared
Lumendi, LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Lumendi, Ltd. out of London, England, won FDA clearance for its DiLumen endolumenal therapy system. The system is designed to isolate a section of the large intestine, to position the endoscope within it for a good viewing angle, and to help with delivery of incision-free endolumenal therapies.
The DiLumen was an idea that came out of the Minimally Invasive New Technologies program (MINT) at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian, and developed by MINT and Lumendi.
It consists of a sheath containing two inflatable balloons that’s placed over the colonoscope. Once inside...
Source: Medgadget - December 23, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: GI Surgery Source Type: blogs
Fertility tests that you need —and those you don’t
This report is for you to use when talking with your health-care provider. It is not a substitute for medical advice and treatment. Use of this report is at your own risk.© 2015 Consumer Reports. Developed in cooperation with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for Choosing Wisely, a project of the ABIM Foundation. To learn more about the sources used in this report and terms and conditions of use, please visit ConsumerHealthChoices.org/about-us/. (Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog)
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - December 23, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Level EX: The Future of Endoscopic Simulation Looks Bright
Level EX, a company founded by Sam Glassenberg, promises to deliver the excellence of video game development to the field of surgical simulation, and the result is impressive. Their first mobile application Airway EX (Android | iOS) is designed to teach the fundamentals of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy in the airway. The application seamlessly guides you first through tutorials and then cases, reportedly based on real cases submitted by clinicians. You can even earn continuing medical education (CME) credits as you explore various cases.
As a surgical resident, currently enrolled in Fundamentals of Laparos...
Source: Medgadget - December 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: William Kethman Tags: Exclusive GI Informatics Source Type: blogs
Tubal Reversal Deal: Free Hotel Stay For Reversal Surgery Patients January 2017!
A Personal Choice is offering a tubal reversal deal!
Patients having surgery in January 2017 will receive their two (2) nights hotel stay free!
This deal is valued at over $350 and will only be offered for a limited time.
Tubal Reversal Prepayment plan members are eligible for even greater deals!!!
A Personal Choice: Offering patients exceptional care!
Dr. Monteith exclusively specializes in reversal surgery. Patients travel from across the United States to have surgery and consistently comment on the quality of care during their reversal.
More information: Google Reviews about Dr Monteith
More information: Patient revi...
Source: Tubal Reversal Blog - December 1, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Dr. Monteith Tags: a personal choice deals Dr. Monteith great deals raleigh tubal reversal Source Type: blogs
Doctors should take care of teddy bears too
I’m a first-year medical student who recently discovered the magnetic pull of surgery.
As one might assume, on my first day scrubbing into the OR under a pediatric surgeon, I was beyond excited. The surgeon’s precision and expertise fascinated me, and the constant activity in the surgical suite was something I could definitely get used to. Adrenaline was as pervasive as anesthesia in the OR, and I knew I’d thrive there.
However, the most impactful moments for me in the OR that day didn’t come after the first laparoscopic surgery I observed was declared a success. Nor did they come after I was asked to help assist b...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 26, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/natasha-abadilla" rel="tag" > Natasha Abadilla < /a > Tags: Education Medical school Surgery Source Type: blogs
Fibrin Glue Market: Asia is expected to witness high growth rates in the next five years, 2021
Fibrin glue is a unique adhesion material used in surgeries for closure of wounds. Fibrin glues are mainly extracted from collective plasma and contain different amounts of purified and virally-inactivated human proteins. Fibrin glue is composed of two components, including fibrinogen and factor XIII. These concentrated ingredients interact with a solution of thrombin and calcium to form coagulum. As the thrombin and fibrinogen/factor XIII solution combine, a clot of a blood protein called fibrin develops in a few seconds, depending on the dilute form of thrombin is used. Some of the characteristics of fibrin glue include ...
Source: Medical Hemostat - November 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: hemostatguy at gmail.com (hemostat guy) Source Type: blogs
Olympus Vying to Bring Back Laparoscopic Power Morcellation Thanks to PneumoLiner Safety Device
A couple years ago the FDA, realizing the dangers of laparoscopic power morcellation when used for removing the uterus (hysterectomy) or uterine fibroids (myomectomy), recommended that doctors quit using this type of technology. The issue is that women may have undetected cancerous tissues within the affected anatomy and taking a morcellator to them can spread the cancer intraperitoneally. Now a new system from Olympus is aiming to bring back laparoscopic power morcellation while preventing the spread of any cancer that may be present.
Cleared by the FDA back in April and just unveiled at the American Association of Gyn...
Source: Medgadget - November 17, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Source Type: blogs
An oncologist comments on appendicitis. A surgeon sets him straight.
It was an interesting fortnight for the debate about the treatment of appendicitis.
On November 1, David Agus, a medical oncologist, and director of the University Of Southern California’s Center for Applied Molecular Medicine, had some thoughts about how appendicitis should be treated. He cited the Finnish randomized trial of antibiotics vs. surgery and said a 70 percent cure rate was good enough.
In a brief article on the Fortune magazine website, Agus wondered why appendectomy “continues to reign supreme.” He said it was “because 24/7 we’re taught you have to take it out if there’s appendicit...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/skeptical-scalpel" rel="tag" > Skeptical Scalpel, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Surgery Source Type: blogs
The Coming Future of Surgical Robotics: Interview with CEO of TransEnterix
TransEnterix is a late stage surgical robotics company founded in 2006. The company is dedicated to improving clinical outcomes through the use of robotics in surgery. TransEnterix acquired the surgical robotics division of SOFAR S.p.A in 2015 which included the TELELAP ALF-X advanced robotic system. TransEnterix is now focusing on commercialization of this platform as the Senhance robotic system. We had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of TransEnterix, Todd Pope, to discuss the future of surgical robotics and positioning of the Senhance system in the market.
William Kethman, MD, Medgadget: Can you tell us about Tr...
Source: Medgadget - November 4, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: William Kethman Tags: Cardiac Surgery Exclusive Ob/Gyn Thoracic Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
