James Gandolfini Has Died at Age 51
James Gandolfini died today at the age of 51 in Italy.
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Source: Inside Surgery - June 20, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Michael Hastings Death in One Car Crash
Michael Hastings death was widely reported in the news media today. Most accounts lacked mention of the details, saying only that Hastings, a prominent and rising young journalist, had died in the early morning hours on Tuesday. This scant information is unusual when a celebrity dies, leading experienced viewers of trauma wondering what information was known but left unreported.
Journalist Michael Hastings
Now, the Los Angeles is reporting that a badly burned body believed to be Hastings was recovered from a car that was traveling on Melrose Ave. and burst into flames after a one car crash that flipped the vehicle upside ...
Source: Inside Surgery - June 19, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire death drunk los angeles michael hastings under the influence Source Type: blogs
Michelle E. Liggio, DO, Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Michelle E. Liggio, DO, was apparently shot and killed in her practice office in Pennsauken, New Jersey, by her husband, Christopher, who then apparently turned the gun on himself.
Dr. Liggio has reportedly recently indicated that she intended to end the marriage. At the time of the shooting, there were only employees in the office.
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Source: Inside Surgery - June 19, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire MD Michelle Liggio murder suicide Pennsauken Source Type: blogs
“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”
Winston Churchill, British prime minister, historian, and author.
Winston Churchill
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Source: Inside Surgery - June 14, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Surgery and Medicine Quotations British prime minister Winston Churchill Source Type: blogs
Prince Philip Abdominal Surgery Worrisome for Cancer?
Although we are not participating in the care of Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth of England, we have noted news reports that the prince consort is scheduled for “exploratory surgery” shortly after findings of abdominal.
He was admitted to the hospital today under his own power after attending an afternoon garden party for a planned surgery for abnormal abdominal findings detected during a staged medical workup.
Prince Philip is expected to be in the hospital for two weeks.
This announcement by Buckingham Palace is very carefully worded and is likely not sharing all the details known to the Palace at t...
Source: Inside Surgery - June 6, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire exploratory Prince Philip Queen Elizabeth surgery Source Type: blogs
Diverticulosis
is a disease of the disgestive tract:
Pathophysiology of diverticulosis
1) outpouching of bowel wall
2) four types – Meckel’s, colonic, jejunal, and duodenal
3) colonic diverticula are acquired – likely owing to lack of fiver and increased luminal pressure as colon pushes against hard, small stool
Signs and Symptoms
Meckel’s
1) bleeding
2) inflammation
3) obstruction
4) right lower quadrant pain
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Source: Inside Surgery - June 5, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: blogs
Lauren Patricia Daly, MD, Charged with Attempted Homicide
Lauren Patricia Daly, MD, was charged with attempted homicide after allegedly shooting her former companion, a 49 year old woman, in a dispute over the couple’s two children.
Dr. Daly is listed as a pediatric emergency room physician at the Nemours Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.
Nemours Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware
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Source: Inside Surgery - May 29, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Source Type: blogs
Moore Medical Center Patients Survive Oklahoma Tornado
Although we are not directly involved in the care of patients injured in the severe tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, we have noted news reports that the Moore Medical Center was in the direct path of today’s EF 4-5 tornado.
In a piece of good news in today’s tragedy is that despite the hospital being virtually destroyed, because of the quick reactions and clear thinking of the hospital staff, all of the approximately 30 hospital inpatients survived the storm. In addition, CNN is reporting that the hospital also took in 300 townspeople who were frantically looking for shelter after local newscasters broadcast w...
Source: Inside Surgery - May 21, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire fatality Moore Medical Center Norman norman regional health nurses Oklahoma tornado patients Source Type: blogs
CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
CVA is a neurological event as described below:
Pathophysiology of CVA
1) necrosis of brain cells caused by a vascular event – usually classified as ischemic (embolus, thrombus, low flow state secondary to shock or cardiac event) or hemorrhagic (aneurysm, hypertension)
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Source: Inside Surgery - May 19, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Neurology cerebrovascular accident CVA hemorrhagic ischemic stroke Source Type: blogs
New Coronavirus Sickens Healthcare Workers
A new coronavirus has caused serious illness in two healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia who were exposed to patients carry the virus. A man is is critical condition and a 43 year old woman is in stable but serious condition after suffering respiratory distress from the SARS-like illness.
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Source: Inside Surgery - May 15, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire coronavirus healthcare workers SARS Saudi Arabia transmission Source Type: blogs
Body of Proof Star Dana Delany Uses Incorrect CPR Technique and Protocol
In the opening scenes in the last episode of Body of Proof, a television series starring Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt, a patient was given CPR after being shot in the back.
While the writers of Body of Proof, no doubt, will claim dramatic license in the depiction of the scene to further the episode’s story line, the technique and protocol used by Dr. Hunt does not fit with the standard diagnosis and treatment steps as described in the 2010 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and practiced in real-life resuscitations by trauma surgeons, intensive care physicians, emergency medicine physician...
Source: Inside Surgery - May 15, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Musings Body of Proof CPR Dana Delany Megan Hunt protocol Source Type: blogs
Thomas Jefferson University Residents Play Jeopardy To Improve Care
Thomas Jefferson University Residents in the Department of Emergency are developing their medical knowledge and skills during routine games of Jeopardy testing their professional proficiency.
Using actual buzzers and a moderator, the competition is organized in an elimination format over the course of the academic year, with a final grand prize round to be played amongst the winners.
Disclosure – this author is a former resident and staff member at Thomas Jefferson University and collaborated with members of the Emergency Department on the medical textbooks Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department and Avo...
Source: Inside Surgery - May 13, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire collaboration emergency medicine Jeopardy textbook Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Source Type: blogs
Dental Trauma – Diagnosis and Treatment
Dental trauma is the most common injury to occur to the face during blunt trauma. To avoid the common pitfalls in the management of dental injuries, several steps must be taken. These begin with:
1. proper classification of the injury sustained to the tooth (e.g, whether the dentin, pulp, and/or enamel is involved)
2. recognition of the age-related stage of tooth development
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Source: Inside Surgery - May 13, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Trauma Surgery Source Type: blogs
Body Of Proof Star Dana Delany Mistakes Horizontal Tracheostomy for Cricothyroidotomy
InsideSurgery.com watched with interest a recent episode of the terrific ABC medical drama Burden of Proof staring Dana Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt, a neurosurgeon turned medical examiner.
Although we found the Body of Proof episode much more realistic than most medical television shows, one unconventional medical decision we noted was the script calling for a tracheostomy to be performed to establish an emergency airway in the field.
Dana Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt in Body of Proof
This is technically not correct as an emergency airway established in the field is always a cricothyroidotomy, not a tracheostomy. No doubt, the w...
Source: Inside Surgery - May 13, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Musings Body of Proof cricothyroidotomy Dana Delany Megan Hunt tracheostomy Source Type: blogs
Fecal Transplant Donor Dr. Hunter Johnson Happy To Go err … Give
Fecal transplant donor Dr. Hunter Johnson, a Pathology resident, has supplied stool that aided in the resolution of four serious courses of C. difficile infection at Emory University.
It should be noted that while showing a cure a rate of up to 90% epidemiologists and infectious disease physicians are hoping that more widespread use of prophylactic probiotics will eliminate the need for the transplant, which does carry a risk of disease transmission.
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Source: Inside Surgery - May 11, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Medical News Wire Source Type: blogs
