The Western Cape province was the early epicentre of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
in South Africa and on the African continent. In this short article we report on an initiative …

Bates et al., 1 representing the National Alliance for Primary Care Informatics, identify several
barriers to the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems in primary care. Three …

A 29-yr-old patient was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) during pregnancy.
She had a Caesarean section under lidocaine/fentanyl epidural blockade. Because of …

METHODS: We developed and implemented an algorithm that identifies separation from
CPB by the return of pulsatile flow and of mechanical ventilation, and checks alarm status (…

Background The National Patient Safety Foundation has sponsored a report to describe the
current research being pursued in the area of medical error reduction and to identify the …

Few rural hospitals offer obstetric epidural analgesia services and of those that do, there is a
paucity of information about these anaesthetics. A retrospective review was conducted of all …

Purpose To investigate the attitudes of senior anaesthetists toward issues of anaesthesia
drug cost control, utilization, and education, and to determine patterns of drug use of common …

IMPLICATIONS: Simulation-based assessment tools developed in a multi-institutional study
in the United States can be used in Israel despite the differences in language, education, …

Because propofol and desflurane are both well-suited for use in outpatient anesthesia (1, 2),
cost may become a determining factor in the choice between these two anesthetics. For …

A wealth of medical information exists in the form of published algorithms. These algorithms
range from simple calculations to complex outcome predictions. Most clinicians use only a …