Hospital Warns of Possible Patient HIV Transmission
South Nassau Communities Hospital on Long Island is sending more than 4000 patients letters warning that they may have been exposed to the hepatitis virus and HIV through the multiple use of an insulin reservoir. Although officials think the risk of HIV transmission is very low, they are notifying possibly infected patients through an abundance of caution.
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Source: Inside Surgery - March 14, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Medical News Wire hepatitis HIV insulin pen South Nassau Communities Hospital Source Type: blogs
Tumor Banking A Growing Industry
Tumor banking by firms such as StoreMyTumor is still a small but growing weapon in the fight against cancer.
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Source: Inside Surgery - March 9, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Oncology store my tumor tumor banking Source Type: blogs
Spyros Panos Sentenced For Fake Surgeries
Spyros Panos, an orthopedic surgeon in Poughkeepsie, New York, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for performing hundreds of fake surgeries.
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Source: Inside Surgery - March 8, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Orthopedic surgery fake surgery poughkeepsie prison Spyros Panos Source Type: blogs
Kinsa Smartphone Thermometer Aims to Reduce Flu
Kinsa smartphone thermometer aims to track and reduce the flu, according to developer Inder Singh. The small plastic thermometer fits into the standard cellphone charging port and takes a digital temperature and then provides crowd-sourced, real time epidemiology information based on input from other users in your area.
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Source: Inside Surgery - March 7, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease digital thermometer flu inder singh kinsa Source Type: blogs
Electroshock Wake Patients From Vegetative State
Researchers at the University of Liege in Belgium conducted a research study showing that mild electrical stimulation to the brain for 15-20 minutes caused minimally responsive subjects to temporarily respond to stimulation. The study was led by Steven Laureys.
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Source: Inside Surgery - March 3, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Neurology electroshock steven laureys university of Liege vegetative state Source Type: blogs
3D Printing Used To Model Baby’s Skull
Drs. Michael Egnor and Elliot Duboys recently used a 3D printed model of a baby’s skull in an intricate surgery to correct anterior plagiocephaly.
The infant, Gabriel Dela Cruz, was born with a normal skull but shortly after birth the bony plates one side of this skull began to fuse prematurely, causing a badly misshapen head.
Using CT scans, Medical Modeling, Inc. used 3D printing to create before and after skull models that the surgeons used as templates during surgery.
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Source: Inside Surgery - February 22, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Orthopedic surgery Pediatrics Plastic Surgery anterior plagiocephaly Elliot Duboys Gabriel Dela Cruz Medical Modeling Michael Egnor Source Type: blogs
Aortic Regurgitation
Aortic regurgitation is a disease of the aortic valve
Pathophysiology
1) progressive deterioration of aortic valve or aortic root
2) allows blood to leak back into left ventricle during diastole
3) results in chronic left ventricle volume overload and left ventricular hypertrophy
Causes of aortic regurgitation
4) chronic rheumatic heart disease (most common)
5) infective endocarditis
6) Marfan’s disease
7) ankylosing spondylitis
8) congenital subaortic membranous stenosis
9) condition is well tolerated until late in course
Signs and Symptoms
1) high-pitched decrescendo blowing murmur in diastole best heard at third l...
Source: Inside Surgery - February 6, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Cardiology aortic valve replacement Corrigan's pulse exertional dyspnea left ventricular hypertrophy Musset's sign rheumatic heart disease Source Type: blogs
Fish Oil May Be Key To Reversing Brain Injury
Fish oil may be key to reversing brain injury.
A news report details the recovery of patient Grant Virgin from a severe traumatic brain injury through the use of what his family maintains is high dose fish oil.
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Source: Inside Surgery - January 18, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire fish oil grant virgin traumatic brain injury Source Type: blogs
Experimental Drug May Help PTSD
An experimental drug that may help PTSD is being studied at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Scientist Li-Huei Tsai and colleagues are studying a drug that is classified as an HDAC2 inhibitor that acts to increase plasticity in the brain and allows the formation of powerful new memories that may override memories previously formed.
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Source: Inside Surgery - January 17, 2014 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Trauma Surgery HDCA2 inhibitor Li Huei Tsai Picower Institute PTSD 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, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: General Source Type: blogs
NFL Player Rahim Moore Requires Fasciotomy
NFL player Rahim Moore required a fasciotomy for lower leg compartment syndrome after sustaining an injury during Sunday’s National Football League game against the New England Patriots. Moore plays for the Denver Broncos.
Broncos safety Rahim Moore
The procedure entails a skin incision along the lower outside leg and with the splitting of the muscle fascia to allow injured, swollen muscle to bulge out. In experienced hands, the procedure takes just a few minutes.
The skin and fascia are left open for several days to weeks depending on the degree of severity. While a complete recovery of muscle function is possible, ...
Source: Inside Surgery - November 27, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Trauma Surgery compartment syndrome fasciotomy leg injury Rahim moore Source Type: blogs
NFL Player Rahim Moore Requires Fasciotomy After Injury
Denver Broncos safety Rahim Moore required a fasciotomy for lower leg compartment syndrome after sustaining an injury during Sunday’s National Football League game against the New England Patriots.
The procedure entails a skin incision along the lower outside leg and with the splitting of the muscle fascia to allow injured, swollen muscle to bulge out. In experienced hands, the procedure takes just a few minutes.
The skin and fascia are left open for several days to weeks depending on the degree of severity. While a complete recovery of muscle function is possible, the injury takes weeks to months to heal.
The post N...
Source: Inside Surgery - November 27, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Trauma Surgery compartment syndrome fasciotomy leg injury Rahim moore Source Type: blogs
Nurse Gail Sandidge Dies Protecting Patients
In an act of devotion and heroism, nurse Gail Sandidge died while protecting her patients from a knife-wielding assailant at the Good Shepherd Ambulatory Surgical Center in Longview, Texas. She was allegedly killed by Kyron Templeton, who was arrested a short time after the attack.
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Source: Inside Surgery - November 27, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire gail sandidge killed kyron templeton nurse protecting patients Source Type: blogs
New Procedure to Replace Weight Loss Surgery
Researchers at Harvard have reported on a possible new procedure to replace bariatric or weight loss surgery. Dr. Rami Oklu reported at a recent meeting of radiologists that minimally invasive transarterial embolization of the left gastric artery resulted in an 8% weight loss in subjects who received the procedure for other reasons.
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Source: Inside Surgery - November 27, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Stomach Surgery bariatric surgery left gastric artery rami oklu transarterial embolization weight loss surgery Source Type: blogs
Carcinoid Tumor
Carcinoid tumor is a type of neuroendocrine tumor
Pathophysiology
1) contains and may secrete physiologically active substances
2) occurs in GI tract (appendix, rectum, small bowel, stomach), thymus, lung, ovary, and testes
3) produces “local” symptoms, systemic but non-carcinoid syndrome symptoms, and systemic carcinoid syndrome symptoms
Signs and Symptoms of Carcinoid Tumor
Local Symptoms
1) appendix – usually asymptomatic and found incidentally on appendectomy
2) small intestine – obstruction, episodic abdominal pain, bleeding
3) rectum – bleeding, constipation, and diarrhea
4) stomach/thym...
Source: Inside Surgery - November 18, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Oncology 5-HIAA appendix flushing GI metastases motilin serotonin Source Type: blogs
