Expanding the use of checklists
Here’s an interesting paper from the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: Intervention team physicians were prompted to address six parameters from a daily rounding checklist if overlooked during morning work rounds. The second team (control) used the identical checklist without prompting… Compared to control, prompting increased median ventilator-free duration,
Ghostwriting
There is a fascinating and important recent article in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) medical journal that addresses the topic of ghostwriting in medicine. The “peer-reviewed” medical literature is nearly universally held up as the gold standard for medical research. The end all, be all, for evidence based inquiry into and reasoned discussion of [...]
Keep Searching Says the Fat Lady
It was the Big Bang that started it all. Since then, its background microwave radiation lingers in a massive externality of space “without walls” propelled forward in time. Humans individually inhabit this reality. We are born, we live and then we die, navigating along by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling. Sometimes we pause and [...]
28% of Vermont doctors "to stop practicing medicine" after single payer reform – doctors on Twitter disagree
According to BMJ, Vermont moves closer to becoming first US state to provide “socialised medicine”. Vermont is set to become the first US state to launch a single payer healthcare plan after a bill passed both houses of the state’s legislature. The plan is expected to be signed by Governor who originally proposed the idea [...]
Can you get functionally younger as you get older?
Dr. Helen reviews a book that says you can, but the news is apparently mixed: Apparently, all kinds of terrible things happen to you as you age while male, according to the book. Hair grows out of your ears, you can’t hear well and your balance begins to suck. Women, even those who are not [...]
