Medscape Anesthesiology Podcast
By Medscape
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape Anesthesiology
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EMR: Efficiency Mauled Repeatedly | Dr. John Marshall says that his efficiency as a clinician is undermined as he spends more and more time entering data into the EMR with less and less administrative support. Is there a way out? | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drug Shortages: A Problem for Everyone | Drug shortages occur in all disease states and affect all populations. Dr. Maris discusses this serious and growing issue. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NCI's Varmus Changes the Metaphor: There Is No War on 'Cancer' | It has been 40 years since President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act. What have learned? What progress have we made? And what challenges lie ahead? | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Will the New ACO Rules Affect Doctors' Daily Practice? | CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, and Richard J. Gilfillan, MD, Acting Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, discuss the final ACO rules and how they will affect doctors. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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$$$$ Reward if Bachmann Proves Vaccine Causes 'Retardation' | Bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, offers $10,000 if GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann proves that taking the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has led to "retardation," as she recently claimed. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noncompliant vs Noncooperative Patients: Treat Them Differently? | An ethics expert says that patients who refuse to adhere to recommended care differ from those who want to but fall short of their good intentions. The way you deal with each could affect the results. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are You Prescribing Unapproved Drugs? | Some drugs that are currently on the market have never been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Proven Approach to Reduce Post-Cesarean Pain | This commentary reports on a "must-read" study comparing wound instillation methods for post-cesarean analgesia. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Safe Use of Drugs Requires Reports From Clinicians | The Safe Use Initiative is taking aim at adverse drug events and seeks input on safety issues encountered by frontline clinicians. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Separating Docs From Industry -- A Witch Hunt? | Frank Veith, MD, believes that the initiative to separate physicians from industry is excessive and can lead to harm for patients. What do you think? | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop Hounding Patients to Give Up Their Privacy | Many people think that privacy of medical treatment should not apply to everyone. An ethics expert tells why privacy protects all of society. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Healthcare a Right or a Privilege? | Dr. John Marshall asks: If health insurance is a choice that individuals can opt not to have, who pays for the care of the 40 million people in the United States who have no healthcare insurance? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FDA Commissioner: "Safety Science" Key to Drug Regulation | Dr. Margaret Hamburg talks with Dr. Eli Adashi about the complex role of the US Food and Drug Administration in approving new drugs while still ensuring their safety. | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Placenta Accreta -- A Dreaded and Increasing Complication | Robert Resnik, MD, gives a useful overview of placenta accreta and warns obstetricians that they should be aware of this serious complication given the dramatic increase in cesarean sections. | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Obama Didn't Say -- An Alternative Viewpoint | Thomas Ahlborn, MD, responds to the State of the Union message and expresses his concern and offers alternative solutions for healthcare issues that President Obama did not address. | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Obama Didn't Say -- The Supportive Position | Robert Morrow, MD, stressed what Obama left out and is encouraged by the future implementation of many positive changes, particularly for primary care. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Ketamine a Game Changer for Severe Depression? | David Feifel, MD, talks about 2 old agents that are promising for difficult-to-treat depression: ketamine and scopolamine. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Do Patients "Disrespect" Doctors? | When physicians make patients feel like it's "business first, patient care second," they may lose their patients' respect, says Dr. Gerald Chodak. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Watch Out! New Problems Coming Your Way | In the next 5 years, new ethical dilemmas will confront doctors. Dr. Arthur Caplan describes these upcoming issues. | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Malpractice Advisor: Legal Risks From Your Answering Service | A malpractice attorney describes the malpractice dangers that can arise from your answering service and tells doctors what they need to do to prevent them. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Do Physician Payments Bias Their Treatment Recommendations? | If a given diagnosis were covered by 1 lump sum, would physicians recommend less expensive treatments more often? Dr. Gerald Chodak examines the issue. | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rework but Do Not Repeal Healthcare Reform | Flawed as the Affordable Care Act may be, it provides important healthcare benefits to patients, which Dr. Kathy Miller worries may be lost if the law is repealed. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HCR Post Election: The Real Dialog Begins | Will Republican gains in Congress mean the repeal of healthcare reform? Or will they, as Dr. John Marshall suspects, set the stage for the first real discussion about healthcare? | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Will a Divided Congress Impact Healthcare Reform? | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses what effects a GOP majority in the House of Representatives could have on healthcare reform. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Simple Way to Avoid Malpractice Litigation | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses physician vulnerability to legal accusations and offers a simple means of reducing malpractice risk. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. John Howard From CDC's NIOSH Discusses the Consequences of the Gulf Oil Spill | John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, Director, NIOSH, talks to Eli Adashi, MD, about the efforts to protect health during and after the Gulf oil spill. | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medscape One-on-One: Comparative Effectiveness | In the latest one-on-one video series, Dr. Eli Adashi and colleagues discuss the complexities of comparative effectiveness and its impact on US healthcare. | 4/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Is Vital to Avoid a Return to the Preantibiotic Era | In this video commentary, Neil O. Fishman, MD, from SHEA, explains why antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest challenges that healthcare providers will confront during the coming decade. | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Supply and Demand After the Healthcare Bill: A Cardiologist's Perspective and Concerns | Ileana Piña expresses her concerns about the increase in chronic illness and healthcare demands while the supply of primary care physicians dwindles. | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Hope and Fear of Healthcare Reform | The wave of reaction to the healthcare reform bill, as Dr. John Marshall sees it, ranges from the hope that the legislation will improve US healthcare to the fear that it will mess everything up. | 3/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Treatment of Hyperhidrosis With Botox | In this video commentary, Dr. Marina Peredo demonstrates the use of Botox for severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis. | 3/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CDC Commentary: Healthcare-Associated Infections: Ongoing Public Health Threat | In this video commentary from the CDC, Denise Cardo, MD, describes how evidence-based guidelines must be translated into practice to eliminate HAIs. | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Role of Mild Induced Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest | Cardiac arrest -- learn how mild induced hypothermia benefits patients in this video commentary from Charles R. Wira, III, MD, Yale Department of Emergency Medicine. | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Hospital Field Trip for the US Congress | In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall suggests that clinicians invite their senators and congressmen to their hospitals to get a first-hand view of what needs fixing in the US healthcare system. | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Get More Revenue From Accounts Receivable | A practice management expert tells doctors how to make sure doctors collect for all the services and medical care they provide. | 1/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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COX-2 Inhibitors and Nonselective NSAIDs and Effects on Blood Pressure. Is There a Difference? | Henry Black, MD, discusses an updated meta-analysis comparing COX-2 inhibitors and nonselective NSAIDs and their risk of increasing blood pressure. Does it show significant differences? | 1/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surgeon General Commentary: Leading by Example to Fight H1N1 | In this video commentary, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Surgeon General, encourages health professionals to lead by example, getting H1N1 vaccinations themselves and recommending their patients do the same. | 1/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will the Recent CMS Ruling About Medical Consultation Change Practices? | In this video blog, Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, wonders whether recent billing decisions will affect clinical care and the role of the consulting physician -- no longer the doctor's doctor? | 1/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medscape One-on-One: Rapidly Unfolding Health Information Technology | In the first in a new one-on-one series, Dr. Eli Adashi and Dr. Ashish Jha discuss health information technology -- what it means for both inpatient and outpatient physicians. | 12/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Buzz Words Surrounding Healthcare Reform | Guaranteed issue, community rating, and individual mandate: What do these terms mean in the context of healthcare reform? What do they mean for you? David M. Brown, MD, explains in this video blog. | 11/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surgical Masks vs N95 Respirators: Research and Practice | A well-designed study examines the efficacy of surgical masks in protecting healthcare workers against influenza. William R. Jarvis, MD, comments in this video blog. | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Sepsis and Septic Shock | In this video blog, Dr. Andy Shorr addresses the risks and benefits and influence of dose and duration of corticosteroids in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. | 7/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 42 Episodes |






