The sun goes down, but the OR lights do not go out. Most people pursue a break in the action on the weekends, but no so for the Operating Room. The unexpected and uninvited operation can occur ANY time, and usually does! Surgery after hours . . . .
Buckeye Surgeon knows all too well what […]

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Alvaro at Sharp Brains is hosting Grand Rounds this week, with a timely briefing to our next Mr. or Mrs. President about all of the medical blogosphere’s health concerns and questions. Excellent presentation, and great reading. I feel honored to be included.

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Thank you for all of your responses so far. And just a reminder to anyone else interested in submitting an article: this edition’s theme will be called ”Operating After Hours,” and, as the title implies, please share any stories you have about surgical experiences that have occurred after normal operating hours.
 Everyone is invited to contribute. Please send […]

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In the news this week, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments over the inhumanity of lethal injection as a modality for the death penalty. Presently, 36 out of 37 states that advocate the use of the death penalty utilize lethal injection (the 37th state utilizes the electric chair - Nebraska).
As an anesthesia provider, I am […]

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Another great selection of articles can be found at this week’s host of Grand Rounds, pathtalk.org. A really fascinating blog, too. Thanks for my inclusion.

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On call this past weekend, I was paged to the post-partum floor to evaluate a young woman who had vaginally delivered a healthy baby boy 16 hours ago. Her chief complaint? Intractable back pain.
[Background: She had delivered 2 babies aided by an epidural block in the past, and complained of back pain during this pregnancy, which […]

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The Sterile Eye is hosting the latest edition of SurgExperiences. Enjoy some fascinating surgery-related blogging - cut to the chase!
And speaking of SurgExperiences, I am proud to announce that the next edition (#113) will be hosted by yours truly, here at Counting Sheep, on Sunday, January 20, 2008. For this edition’s theme, I thought we […]

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Visit Other Things Amanzi for this week’s edition of Grand Rounds. This surgeon is a great writer, and this week’s entries are over the top. I feel honored to be included, and look at this preview of some of the amazing photos that he included:

This is a baobab tree!

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