Patient Perceptions of Physician Dress Depend on Setting
In emergency rooms and operating theaters, scrubs were consistently favored, but overall, the white coat still symbolizes professionalism
Increase Seen in Nitrous Oxide-Related Mortality From 2010 to 2023
Significant increase seen in crude nitrous oxide poisoning rate from 2010 to 2018, but no increase seen from 2019 to 2023
Increase Seen in Reports of Lidocaine Poisonings and Mortality Since 2010
Following publication of advisories, reports of local anesthetic poisoning decreased, but reports of lidocaine poisoning and mortality increased
Health Care Expenditure Expected to Top GDP Growth 2024 to 2033
National health care expenditure growth expected to outpace GDP, resulting in a health share of GDP that reaches 20.3 percent by 2033
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
27.2 Million People of All Ages Uninsured in 2024 in the United States
Nonsignificant increase seen from 2023; 11.6 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 and 5.1 percent of children aged 0 to 17 were uninsured in 2024
Preop Macular Thickness May Be Marker of Postop Delirium in Seniors
Preoperative macular thickness may be noninvasive marker for vulnerability to developing postoperative delirium
AAOS: Stopping GLP-1 RAs 14 Days Before Surgery Can Minimize Complications
Patients who continued Ozempic through total joint arthroplasty had the highest risk for complications
Intraoperative Remifentanil, Sufentanil Tied to Poor Postoperative Pain Experience
Other predictors of poor pain experience include American Society of Anesthesiologists 3 status, postoperative anxiolytic use, amnesia
No Link Seen Between Preop GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Postop Aspiration Pneumonia
No significant difference seen in odds of postoperative pneumonia between adult GLP-1 receptor agonist users and nonusers
