New care bundle leads to drop in death rate after emergency surgery
Four UK hospitals have achieved a huge reduction in the number of patients dying following emergency abdominal surgery, after adopting...
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Improving memory deficits following anaesthesia
General anaesthesia results in expended cognitive decline and memory deficits for many individuals following surgical procedure. Memory deficits can last...
Read MoreTrauma list fasting times audit – the water sip challenge
An audit of trauma list fasting times conducted at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, by Claire Daly and co-workers For safety...
Read MoreStudy offers new clue into how anaesthesia interacts with the brain
How anaesthetic drugs interact with the brain to block pain and induce a coma-like, memory-free state has been a mystery...
Read MoreEmergency doctors can treat paediatric pain without a needle
Children in emergency departments can safely be treated for paediatric pain from limb injuries using intranasal ketamine, a drug more...
Read MoreCare for COPD patients has improved but is still not good enough
Care for COPD patients has improved but is still not good enough The national COPD clinical audit report COPD: who...
Read MoreStandards of conduct – General Medical Council (GMC)
Consulting editor James Watts gives a brief seminar on the complaints processes at the General Medical Council (GMC) The role...
Read MoreNearly one in ten doctors in training experience bullying
Bullying and undermining are too common in medical training, according to the General Medical Council (GMC). A survey of the...
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