Anesthesiology
ASA: Deep Learning Model Can Improve Pain Assessment
Model performed with accuracy of 88 percent for Critical Care Pain Observation Tool, 66 percent for visual analog scale
Affording Health Care Now a Struggle for Half of Americans: Poll
More than half delayed or skipped care because of concerns about costs
Health Care Workers Reported More Days of Poor Mental Health in 2022
2018 to 2022 saw increase in days of poor mental health and in percentage reporting feeling burnout very often
Ketamine No Better Than Placebo for Depression
Intravenous ketamine delivered during surgical anesthesia has no greater effect than placebo in reducing severity of depression
Unique Workplace Concerns Tied to Health Worker Depression, Anxiety During Pandemic
Associations seen for working on the hospital unit, mood disturbances, and sleep disturbances with depression, anxiety
Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With 75,000 Health Care Workers
Workers are demanding the nation's largest nonprofit, private health care provider address low staffing levels
Postoperative Cognitive Issues Common Among Middle-Aged Surgery Patients
Risk factors include preoperative pain, psychological conditions, and longer duration of general anesthesia and ICU stay
Burnout Increasing Among Physicians in the United States
Burnout highest in women, primary care physicians, and physicians with ≤10 years of experience
Chatbots Generate Mostly Accurate Information to Medical Queries
Chatbot-generated answers had high accuracy and completeness scores for physician-developed medical queries
More Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Union Workers Go on Strike
Workers are demanding the nation's largest nonprofit, private health care provider address low staffing levels
