Early in my medical training, my colleagues and I had our rite-of-passage into medical school by taking the Hippocratic Oath at our White Coat…
Let me preface this post by stating that I’ll always support the underdog. The one who everyone counts out. The one who has seemingly…
Throughout my training as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and intensivist, I’ve worked hand-in-hand with surgeons and circulating nurses in the operating room and ICU settings.…
The induction of general anesthesia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery is often times different than non-cardiac surgery. At many institutions, these inductions tend to…
The hepatorenal recess (“Morison’s pouch”) is a potential space between the liver and right kidney. With small volumes of intraabdominal blood (hemoperitoneum), ascites, or…
After returning from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists annual meeting in Chicago last week, I received my Butterfly iQ and have been using it…
Sandostatin (octreotide) is a subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous analog to somatostatin – a protein hormone secreted throughout the GI tract – which acts via…
50% dextrose solution (D50) typically comes as a 50 cc prefilled syringe containing 25 grams of dextrose. As an anesthesiologist and intensivist, I most…