Blood conservation strategies are routinely utilized in cardiac surgery with the aim of reducing the overall need for transfusions. Things like Cell Saver, retrograde…

Systemic cardiac output (CO) is the product of left ventricular stroke volume and the heart rate (CO = SV x HR). I see CO…

Over the course of my training, I’ve taken care of many incarcerated patients in the perioperative and intensive care settings. The overwhelming majority of…

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a life-threatening condition (hence the popular alternative definition of “death is coming”) affecting the coagulation cascade. Typically, clot formation…

Lactic acid fermentation is generally thought of as a process related to anaerobic metabolism in the context of tissue hypoxia from inadequate oxygen delivery…

Over my 15 years in web development and social media, I’ve seen healthcare colleagues venture into blogging but quickly decide to quit. They had…