30 days to better thinking and better living through critical thinking : a guide for improving every aspect of your life
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26075
Linda Elder, Richard Paul.
(Revised and expanded)
--Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Education
, c2013.
- Call Number
- BF 441 E37 2013
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
Better critical thinking can transform your life and help you improve every decision you make! Now, in just 30 days, master specific, easy-to-learn critical thinking techniques that help you cut through lies, gain insight, and make smarter choices in every area of your life -- from work and money to intimate relationships. World-renowned critical thinking experts Dr. Linda Elder and Dr. Richard Paul show how to overcome poor thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions...…
- Call Number
- BF 441 E37 2013
- Author
- Elder, LInda
- Other Authors
- Paul, Richard
- Responsibility
- Linda Elder, Richard Paul
- Edition
- Revised and expanded
- Alternate Title
- Thirty days to better thinking and better living through critical thinking
- Place of Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Publisher
- Pearson Education
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 222 p.
- ISBN
- 9780133092561
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Thinking
- Judgment
- Quality of Life
- Abstract
- Better critical thinking can transform your life and help you improve every decision you make! Now, in just 30 days, master specific, easy-to-learn critical thinking techniques that help you cut through lies, gain insight, and make smarter choices in every area of your life -- from work and money to intimate relationships. World-renowned critical thinking experts Dr. Linda Elder and Dr. Richard Paul show how to overcome poor thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions... clarify what you really want... recognize what you don't know… ask better questions... resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy... critically evaluate what you're told by advertisers, politicians, your boss, and even your family… avoid worrying, conformism, and blame.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Advice to the healer : on the art of caring
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32422
Richard Colgan, author.
(2nd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2013.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinicians--physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others--share the unique responsibility of patient care and the limitless fulfillment this calling can provide.The healing professions have an ancient and venerable tradition of service, honor, and humanism that is often communicated from teacher to student in anecdotes and bits of wisdom told quickly in passing. Gathering together this type of valuable informatio…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Colgan, Richard
- Responsibility
- Richard Colgan, author
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 181 p. : 19 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9781461451709
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patient Care
- Philosophy, Medical
- Physician's Role - psychology
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Family medicine
- Abstract
- Clinicians--physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others--share the unique responsibility of patient care and the limitless fulfillment this calling can provide.The healing professions have an ancient and venerable tradition of service, honor, and humanism that is often communicated from teacher to student in anecdotes and bits of wisdom told quickly in passing. Gathering together this type of valuable information in one place, Advice to the Healer: On the Art of Caring, Second Edition, includes biographies of historical luminaries in medicine, tales from everyday practice, inspirational quotes and artwork, and advice for new and veteran healers alike. "Today, when medical education short-changes basic clinical skills in favor of technology, when many young clinicians seem to view medicine as a trade instead of a calling, and when we see practicing physicians hawking their services on roadside billboards, it is refreshing to read a book that extols medicine's rich history and traditional values." --Robert B. Taylor, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University.
- Contents
- Part I. Inspirational Perspectives from History -- -- Introduction -- Ancient times -- Chinese and medieval medicine -- The twentieth century -- Modern masters -- -- Part II. Practical Advice for the Modern-Day Healer -- -- Survival tips for the younger clinician -- Civility -- Lessons learned from private practice -- A doctor's journal -- Heal thyself -- The healer.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Affordable Care Act as a national experiment : health policy innovations and lessons
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33986
Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the b…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Selker, Harry P.
- Wasser, June S.
- Responsibility
- Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461483519 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461483502
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Care Reform
- Health Policy
- Insurance, Health
- United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical policy - United States
- Health Care Reform - United States
- Health Policy - United States
- Health administration
- Public health
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the book reviews the history and impact of this ground-breaking legislation and recommends priorities, objectives, and next steps for translational research as the ACA is implemented. Featuring contributions from nationally renowned leaders in healthcare policy, this book adds to the public conversation about the ACA and its role in shaping health policy and contributes to a more realistic, nuanced, and productive understanding of this ground-breaking legislation by physicians, policy makers, and the public. It also provides a framework for next steps in continuing to improve U.S. health policy.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment -- Part I. Implementing Change: Objectives of the ACA -- 2. Commentary on Part I: Objectives of the ACA -- 3. Delivering on the Promise of the Affordable Care Act -- 4. What We Got (and What Might Have Been): A Distinctly American Approach -- Part II. Don’t Get Mad, Get Data: Conducting the Experiment -- 5. Commentary on Part II: Conducting the Experiment -- 6. The Affordable Care Act as an Experiment: Data We Have, Expect to Have, and Should Have, from a Vermont Pilot Study -- 7. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Its Purpose, Processes, and Desired Outcomes -- 8. The Dream of a National Health Information Technology Infrastructure -- 9. Results from a Massachusetts Pilot Study -- Part III. Make it a People Issue: Engaging the Public -- 10. Commentary on Part III: Engaging the Public -- 11. The Value Proposition for Individuals and the Public -- 12. Messaging, Medicine, and Obamacare -- Part IV. From Personal to Political to Policy: What Next? -- 13. Commentary on Part IV: From Personal to Political to Policy—What Next? -- 14. Supreme Court Review of the ACA and Political Gamesmanship -- 15. Medicaid Expansion Challenges States -- 16. Next Experiments in ACA Legislation and Policy -- 17. Epilogue.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Care of your urinary catheter at home
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37321
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Emergency Department.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0297
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet explains what to expect if you are going home with a urinary catheter inserted. It explains what to do if your surgeon has told you to remove the catheter at home, how to keep the area clean, care instructions, nutrition and fluids, and important things to remember. A list of symptoms that need attention from your urologist or primary health care provider is listed.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Emergency Department
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (11 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Urinary Catheters
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Catheters
- Specialty
- Emergency
- Abstract
- This pamphlet explains what to expect if you are going home with a urinary catheter inserted. It explains what to do if your surgeon has told you to remove the catheter at home, how to keep the area clean, care instructions, nutrition and fluids, and important things to remember. A list of symptoms that need attention from your urologist or primary health care provider is listed.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Emergency Department, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 0297
Hardwired : How Our Instincts to Be Healthy are Making Us Sick
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46395
Robert S. Barrett, Louis Hugo Francescutti.
--Cham:
Springer ; Copernicus Books
, c2021.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
For the first time in a thousand years, Americans are experiencing a reversal in lifespan. Despite living in one of the safest and most secure eras in human history, one in five adults suffers from anxiety as does one-third of adolescents. Nearly half of the US population is overweight or obese and one-third of Americans suffer from chronic pain – the highest level in the world. In the United States, fatalities due to prescription pain medications now surpass those of heroin and cocaine combine…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Barrett, Robert S.
- Other Authors
- Francescutti, Louis Hugo
- Responsibility
- Robert S. Barrett, Louis Hugo Francescutti.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer ; Copernicus Books
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 164 p.) : 1 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783030517298
- 9783030517281 (Print ed.)
- 9783030517304 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Behavior
- Health Risk Behaviors
- Instinct
- Psychology, Medical
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Psychology, Medical
- Abstract
- For the first time in a thousand years, Americans are experiencing a reversal in lifespan. Despite living in one of the safest and most secure eras in human history, one in five adults suffers from anxiety as does one-third of adolescents. Nearly half of the US population is overweight or obese and one-third of Americans suffer from chronic pain – the highest level in the world. In the United States, fatalities due to prescription pain medications now surpass those of heroin and cocaine combined, and each year 10% of all students on American college campuses contemplate suicide. With the proliferation of social media and the algorithms for social sharing that prey upon our emotional brains, inaccurate or misleading health articles and videos now move faster through social media networks than do reputable ones. This book is about modern health – or lack of it. The authors make two key arguments: that our deteriorating wellness is rapidly becoming a health emergency, and two, that much of these trends are rooted in the way our highly evolved hardwired brains and bodies deal with modern social change. The co-authors: a PhD from the world of social science and an MD from the world of medicine – combine forces to bring this emerging human crisis to light. Densely packed with fascinating facts and little-told stories, the authors weave together real-life cases that describe how our ancient evolutionary drives are propelling us toward ill health and disease. Over the course of seven chapters, the authors unlock the mysteries of our top health vices: why hospitals are more dangerous than warzones, our addiction to sugar, salt, and stress, our emotionally-driven brains, our relentless pursuit of happiness, our sleepless society, our understanding of risk, and finally, how world history can be a valuable tutor. Through these varied themes, the authors illustrate how our social lives are more of a determinant of health outcome than at any other time in our history, and to truly understand our plight, we need to recognize when our decisions and behavior are being directed by our survival-seeking hardwired brains and bodies.
- Contents
- 1. Why a Hospital is the Most Dangerous Place on Earth -- 2. Why Do We Crave Bad Things? -- 3. Raising Children on War, Cartoons, and Social Media -- 4. The Truth About Happiness -- 5. Why Do We Ignore Sleep? -- 6. Are We Hardwired for Risk? -- 7. From Pandemics to Prosperity: Feeding our Hardwired Instincts.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Kenneth Warren and the Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind Programme : The Transformation of Geographical Medicine in the US and Beyond
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41641
Conrad Keating.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Kenneth Warren was a powerful figure in twentieth century medicine whose work transformed public health policy and tropical medicine, and who left a profound legacy in global health thinking. A prolific writer and researcher, Warren was respected for his scientific research, winning awards and accolades, while his later role as activist, agitator, innovator and connoisseur of science brought him international recognition. His career in medicine is remembered for three enduring achievements: Hi…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Keating, Conrad
- Responsibility
- Conrad Keating
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 150 pages) : illustrations, portraits
- Series Title
- Springer biographies
- ISBN
- 9783319501475
- 9783319501451 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2365-0613
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Geography, Medical
- Neglected Diseases
- PersonalSubject
- Warren, Kenneth S.
- Other Subjects
- Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind Program
- Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind Biomedical Research Network
- Abstract
- Kenneth Warren was a powerful figure in twentieth century medicine whose work transformed public health policy and tropical medicine, and who left a profound legacy in global health thinking. A prolific writer and researcher, Warren was respected for his scientific research, winning awards and accolades, while his later role as activist, agitator, innovator and connoisseur of science brought him international recognition. His career in medicine is remembered for three enduring achievements: His efforts to introduce modern biomedical science to the study of infectious diseases in the developing world The proselytising energy he brought to the ethical challenge of how to provide the most cost-effective health care to the world's poorest people His tenure as Director of Health Sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation, during which time he inaugurated the Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind Programme Told through personal interviews with both Warren's supporters and detractors, the story of Warren's career, inexorably interwoven with the GND programme, is a compelling narrative that has not only enduring implications for current medical research, funding and healthcare across the globe, but also a long-standing legacy for the future ways in which we combat disease in the developing world.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Rise -- The GND Years -- Selective Primary Healthcare -- Boundaries, Frontiers, Disciplines -- The Fall -- Warren in Retrospect.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Landmark Trials in Oncology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44304
Santosh Yajnik.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book describes the evolution of treatment in oncology through the lens of approximately 250 landmark clinical trials. The well-designed clinical trial is essential to the practice of medicine. There is no field that has embraced or been transformed more by the clinical trial than oncology. Each primary cancer site has a remarkable story that can be told through clinical trials. For example, patients who presented decades ago with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities would invariably unde…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Yajnik, Santosh
- Responsibility
- Santosh Yajnik
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 325 p.) : 120 illus., 70 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030144050
- 9783030144043 (Print ed.)
- 9783030144067 (Print ed.)
- 9783030144074 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - history
- Clinical Trials as Topic - history
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Research
- Abstract
- This book describes the evolution of treatment in oncology through the lens of approximately 250 landmark clinical trials. The well-designed clinical trial is essential to the practice of medicine. There is no field that has embraced or been transformed more by the clinical trial than oncology. Each primary cancer site has a remarkable story that can be told through clinical trials. For example, patients who presented decades ago with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities would invariably undergo limb amputation. The landmark National Cancer Institute study by Rosenberg et al. randomized patients to limb sparing surgery followed by adjuvant radiation therapy compared with limb amputation. This study helped change the standard of care by allowing most patients to retain their functioning limbs with an improvement in quality of life and no compromise in overall survival. Such major clinical trials for common malignancies including breast, prostate, lung, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and gynecologic cancers are discussed. Because oncology is multidisciplinary, this book should be of interest for radiation oncologists, surgeons, medical oncologists, and other physicians interested in learning more about the landmark trials that have shaped oncology.
- Contents
- Introduction to Landmark Trials in Oncology -- Landmark Trials in Breast Cancer -- Landmark Trials in Lung Cancer -- Landmark Trials in Selected Genitourinary Malignancies -- Landmark Trials in Selected Gastrointestinal Cancers -- Landmark Trials in Selected Gynecologic Cancers -- Landmark Trials in Selected Head and Neck Cancers -- Landmark Trials in Selected Lymphomas -- Landmark Trials in Selected Central Nervous System Tumors -- Landmark Trials in Selected Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mad in America : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21385
Whitaker, Robert.
--Cambridge, MA:
Perseus Books
, 2003.
- Call Number
- WM 203 W578m 2003
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WM 203 W578m 2003
- Author
- Whitaker, Robert
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Publisher
- Perseus Books
- Date of Publication
- 2003
- Physical Description
- xviii, 334 p.
- ISBN
- 0738207993
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Contents
- Part One: The Original Bedlam (1750-1900) -- 1. Bedlam in Medicine 3 -- 2. The Healing Hand of Kindness -- Part Two: The Darkest Era (1900-1950) -- 3. Unfit to Breed -- 4. Too Much Intelligence -- 5. Brain Damage as Miracle Therapy -- Part Three: Back to Bedlam (1950-1990s) -- 6. Modem-Day Alchemy -- 7. The Patients' Reality -- 8. The Story We Told Ourselves -- 9. Shame of a Nation -- 10. The Nuremberg Code Doesn't Apply Here -- Part Four: Mad Medicine Today (1990s-Present) -- 11. Not So Atypical.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The myth of Alzheimer's : what you aren't being told about today's most dreaded diagnosis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23503
Whitehouse, Peter J.
--New York, NY:
St Martin's Press
, 2008.
- Call Number
- WT 155 W593m 2008
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WT 155 W593m 2008
- Author
- Whitehouse, Peter J
- Other Authors
- George, Daniel
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 317 p.
- ISBN
- 9780312368166
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alzheimer Disease - Popular Works
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program : patient information
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35351
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cobequid Community Health Centre. Respiratory Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1453
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This program is for people who have been told by their family health care provider that they have COPD (emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis), pulmonary fibrosis, and/or asthma. This pamphlet explains what the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is, its purpose and benefits, what is involved, education sessions, and how to get started.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cobequid Community Health Centre. Respiratory Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Rehabilitation
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Rehabilitation
- Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive
- Abstract
- This program is for people who have been told by their family health care provider that they have COPD (emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis), pulmonary fibrosis, and/or asthma. This pamphlet explains what the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is, its purpose and benefits, what is involved, education sessions, and how to get started.
- Notes
- previous title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program: patient brochure
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Respiratory Services, Cobequid Community Health Centre
- Pamphlet Number
- 1453
The strength of our anchors : a collaboration project
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44004
compiled by Dawn M. Bornheimer.
--Suitland, MD:
Perfect Time SHP
, 2019.
- Call Number
- BF 698.35 R47 S915 2019
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
The Strength of Our Anchors is a collection of personal stories told by Dawn M Bornheimer, Erin Antroinen, Jackie MacDougall, Emily Clark, Kim LaMontagne, Leia Lewis, Natasha Novak, Anna Owusu, Kathy Clark, and Tina Paulus-Krause. Their stories are woven with the challenges they’ve overcome, lessons learned, tools acquired, and the perspective that comes as a result of their willingness to reflect.
- Call Number
- BF 698.35 R47 S915 2019
- Other Authors
- Bornheimer, Dawn M.
- Responsibility
- compiled by Dawn M. Bornheimer
- Place of Publication
- Suitland, MD
- Publisher
- Perfect Time SHP
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 135 pages
- ISBN
- 9781732989535
- 1732989532
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Resilience, Psychological
- Women - psychology
- Specialty
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- The Strength of Our Anchors is a collection of personal stories told by Dawn M Bornheimer, Erin Antroinen, Jackie MacDougall, Emily Clark, Kim LaMontagne, Leia Lewis, Natasha Novak, Anna Owusu, Kathy Clark, and Tina Paulus-Krause. Their stories are woven with the challenges they’ve overcome, lessons learned, tools acquired, and the perspective that comes as a result of their willingness to reflect.
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Personal Narratives
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
You're Wrong, I'm Right : Dueling Authors Reexamine Classic Teachings in Anesthesia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41458
Corey S. Scher, Anna Clebone, Sanford M. Miller, J. David Roccaforte, Levon M. Capan, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This text covers the major controversies and "myths" in each of the major anesthesia subspecialties. You're Wrong, I'm Right is designed to be an easy and engaging evidence based read that offers the fast-paced give-and-take of a debate between two experts at the top of their game--capturing their full argument, including expressions of humor and displays of temper. Each point of contention begins with a real case, carefully selected to encapsulate the argument. One author then argues the "pro"…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- Corey S. Scher, Anna Clebone, Sanford M. Miller, J. David Roccaforte, Levon M. Capan, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 457 pages) : 4 illus., 1 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319431697
- 9783319431673 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia
- Abstract
- This text covers the major controversies and "myths" in each of the major anesthesia subspecialties. You're Wrong, I'm Right is designed to be an easy and engaging evidence based read that offers the fast-paced give-and-take of a debate between two experts at the top of their game--capturing their full argument, including expressions of humor and displays of temper. Each point of contention begins with a real case, carefully selected to encapsulate the argument. One author then argues the "pro" side and another the "con." Sometimes a single author may argue both sides. In doing so, the authors highlight the newest evidence and remind us of classic principles that have stood the test of time. At the end of the debate, readers can determine which argument they will use in their clinical practice, and may also consult a final "Consensus" section that identifies the editors' and contributors' "picks" of the one best practice in a range of different situations.
- Contents
- Part I: General -- 1. Should Recent Clinical Trials Change Perioperative Management in Patients with Cardiac Risk Factors? -- 2. Should Real-Time Ultrasound Guidance Be Routinely Used for Central Venous Catheter Placement? -- 3. A Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Is Coming to the Operating Room for an Emergent Procedure, which Intravenous Fluid Do You Plan to Give Her? -- 4. Just say NO to Nitrous! -- 5. Closed Loop Anesthesia: Wave of the Future or No Future? -- 6. Should Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Preventative Ventilation Be Standard in the Adult Operating Room? -- 7. I Gave Rocuronium 3 Hours Ago, Do I Need to Reverse? -- 8. How Do You Recognize and Treat Perioperative Anaphylaxis? -- 9. Is Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) Safe for All Cases? -- 10. Does Electrophysiology Really Have to Reprogram My PatientÇÖs Pacemaker Prior to Electroconvulsive Therapy? -- 11. When Can Transesophageal and Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Be Useful in a Non-Cardiac Case? -- 12. Should Antifibrinolytics Be Used in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacements? -- 13. Will Operating Rooms Run More Efficiently when Anesthesiologists Get Involved in Their Management? -- 14. Are Outcomes Better for Trauma Patients Who Are Treated Early with Clotting Factors? -- 15. Should Cerebral Oximetry Be Employed in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery? -- 16. Is Normal Saline Solution the Best Crystalloid for Intravascular Volume Resuscitation? -- Part II: Cardiac -- 17. Should Local Anesthesia with Conscious Sedation Be Considered the Standard of Care over General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via the Transfemoral Approach? -- 18. Should Antiplatelet Therapy Be Stopped Preoperatively in a Patient with Coronary Artery Stents? -- 19. Is Extubating My Cardiac Surgery Patient Postoperatively in the Operating Room a Good Idea? -- 20. Is a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Needed if You Have Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Graft? -- 21. When Should You Transfuse a Patient Who Is Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass? -- 22. Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia in a Patient with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis -- 23. Should High-Risk Cardiac Patients Receive Perioperative Statins? -- 24. Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cases: To Hemodilute or Not? -- 25. Are Seizures Really a Problem After the Use of Antifibrinolytics? -- 26. Is Regional Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery a Good Idea? -- 27. Are Surgical and Anesthesia Medical Missions in Developing Countries Helping or Hurting?: The Evolving Fields of Global Anesthesia and Global Surgery -- Part III: Thoracic -- 28. Can Oxygenation in Single-Lung Thoracic Surgery Be Affected by Inhibition of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction? -- 29. Is a Bronchial Blocker Just as Good as a Double-Lumen Tube for Achieving Adequate Lung Isolation? -- 30. Your Thoracic Epidural Is Not Working: How Do You Provide Analgesia Post-Thoracotomy? -- Part IV: Pediatric -- 31. Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infection: You Cancelled the Case and Told the Parents to Reschedule, Right? -- 32. Does a Low Mean Blood Pressure in the Neonate Under Anesthesia Lead to Cognitive Deficits? -- 33. Does Rapid Sequence Induction Have a Role in Pediatric Anesthesia? -- 34. Anesthetic Neurotoxicity: Is Anesthesia Toxic to the Developing Brain? Should I Cancel My BabyÇÖs Surgery? -- 35. Should an Anxious Parent Be Allowed to Be Present for the Induction of Anesthesia in Her Child? -- 36. What Is the Role of Premedication in the Pediatric Patient? -- 37. Presence of Family Members in the Operating Room: Is This Really Helpful? -- 38. Is it Appropriate for Complicated Pediatric Surgical Patients to Receive Care Outside of Specialized Pediatric Centers? -- 39. Are the Transfusion Goals for a Premature Infant the Same as for a Seven-Year-Old? -- 40. How Should You Get the Autistic Child into the Operating Room when the Mother Objects to Intramuscular Ketamine? -- 41. Is Ç£DeepÇ¥ Extubation Preferable in Patients at Risk for Bronchospasm? -- 42. What Is the Best Approach to a Pediatric Patient with an Unexplained Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest? -- 43. Malignant Hyperthermia: Ç£It Certainly IsÇ¥ versus Ç£It Certainly Is Not!Ç¥ -- 44. Is There a Ç£RightÇ¥ Drug to Choose When the Blood Pressure Is Low and More Volume Is Not the Answer in a Pediatric Patient? -- Part V: Obstetric -- 45. Which Is Safer: a Traditional Epidural or a Combined Spinal-Epidural? -- 46. When Should a Patient Undergoing Dilation and Evacuation of Products of Gestation Be Intubated? -- 47. Two Blood Patches Have Failed. Now What? -- 48. Should a Spinal Be Used for Surgical Anesthesia After a Failed Labor Epidural? -- 49. Accidental Dural Puncture: Should an Intrathecal Catheter Be Threaded? -- 50. Should Intraoperative Cell Salvage Be Used During Cesarean Delivery? -- 51. Should Damage Control or Traditional Resuscitation Be Used for Abnormal Placentation Cases? -- 52. Managing the Noncompliant HIV-Positive Mother: A Pro/Con Debate -- Part VI: Neuroanesthesia -- 53. At What Hematocrit Should a Patient Who Is Undergoing Craniotomy for Tumor Be Transfused? -- 54. Traumatic Brain Injury: Where Do We Stand with Ketamine and Hyperventilation? -- 55. Is General Anesthesia or Conscious Sedation More Appropriate for Patients Undergoing Endovascular Clot Retrieval for Acute Ischemic Stroke? -- 56. Tranexamic Acid for Major Spine Surgery -- 57. Should Major Spine Surgery Patients Be Extubated in the Operating Room? -- 58. General Anesthesia for Intra-Arterial Stroke Treatment (Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy): Still Needed or a Thing of the Past? -- 59. Is it Better to Perform a Craniotomy for Brain Tumor Resection Awake? -- 60. Nitrous Oxide in Neuroanesthesia: Does it Have a Place? -- 61. Should We Treat Hypertension Immediately Before Electroconvulsive Therapy? -- Part VII: Transplant -- 62. Viscoelastic Testing in Liver Transplantation -- 63. Antifibrinolytics in Liver Transplantation -- 64. Would You Recommend Accepting a Ç£Donation After Cardiac DeathÇ¥ Liver? -- 65. Should Only Patients Who Are Medically Optimized Receive a Liver Transplant? -- 66. Is the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score the Best Way to Evaluate Liver Transplant Patients Preoperatively? -- 67. A Small Bowel Transplant for a Patient with Scleroderma: Once Again on the Slippery Slope Both Clinically and Ethically -- Part VIII: Critical Care -- 68. Should Steroids Be Used in Septic Shock? -- 69. Should Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Be Used for the Early Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? -- 70. What Is the Most Effective Initial Resuscitation for the Septic Shock Patient? -- 71. Should Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Be Placed in the Prone Position to Improve Ventilation? -- 72. What Is the Best Strategy for Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? -- 73. Is a Single Dose of Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Safe in the Critically Ill Patient? -- 74. Should Intensive Care Unit Patients Be Deeply Sedated? -- 75. Is There Any Advantage to Albumin over Crystalloid for Volume Resuscitation? -- 76. There Is Nothing Dexmedetomidine Does that Cannot Be Done Old School -- 77. Does Treating Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Lead to Better Outcomes in Surgical Patients? -- 78. Should Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients Receive Physical Therapy? -- Part IX: Ambulatory -- 79. Should Persistent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Delay Discharge of an Ambulatory Surgery Patient from the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit? -- 80. Should We Postpone Surgery in Patients with Uncontrolled Preoperative Hypertension? -- 81. Should the Morbidly Obese Patient Be Allowed to Leave the Day of Surgery? -- 82. Should Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Be Used for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain Following Ambulatory Surgery? -- 83. Pros and Cons of a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Versus a Hospital-Based Operating Room -- Part X: Acute Pain -- 84. Can a Regional Anesthetic Affect the Development of Phantom Limb Pain? -- 85. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Regional Anesthesia/Analgesia: Is Perioperative Neuraxial Analgesia Really Contraindicated? -- 86. Positional Headache Without a Previous Lumbar Puncture: Would a Blood Patch Be Useful? -- 87. Single-Dose Epidural Morphine or Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Post-Cesarean Pain Control? -- 88. Is Opioid Avoidance Warranted for a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Postoperative Period? -- Part XI: Regional -- 89. Is Spinal or Epidural Anesthesia Contraindicated in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis? -- 90. The Scanner, the Twitcher, or Both: How Best to Perform Peripheral Nerve Blocks? -- 91. Do We Know the Mechanism of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy for High Blood Levels of Local Anesthetics? -- 92. Secrets Behind Keeping Your Block Catheter Working -- 93. Is an Indwelling Neuraxial or Peripheral Nerve Regional Anesthesia Catheter Safe in a Trauma Patient Who Needs Twice Daily Low Molecular Weight Heparin? -- 94. Awake or Asleep: Can Regional Nerve.
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