“As a vegetarian, we never do well enough”

Do we expect enough?

The use of adrenaline in combination with local anesthetics is a broadly extended practice in surgery for extending the anesthetic effect (up to 200%) and achieve improved hemostasia and therefore enhanced visualization in the surgical field.1 In this practice it is important not only to use adrenaline as a vasoconstrictor but also to observe the prescribed time for the said drug to reach its m...

Do we have enough 'injidents'?

The practice of medicine can never be risk free. Taking risks leads, by definition, to accidents – it is behaviour that carries with it a probability of an adverse outcome. But there are also rewards for risk taking. Reducing risk-taking will reduce both accidents and the rewards: for example, the extremely risk averse regimes governing the development of new drugs increase their costs and dela...

Do We Tell Our Coronary Patients Enough?

SUMMARY Thirty two men and their wives discussed their experiences of the admission to hospital and subsequent rehabilitation following a threatened or confirmed myocar-dial infarction. Over all, the level of information and understanding about their condition was poor. Patients would have liked to have had more specific advice about rehabilitation and to have been told more about their conditi...

Why don't we do enough medical research?

OBJECTIVE To locate the 5 main factors related to the scarcity of medical research. METHODS The study was conducted at the Prasat Neurological Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, from December 1 to 15, 2006, and comprised medical staff of the institution. A questionnaire was developed that explored demographic data, evaluation of the 5 domains related to--knowledge, attitude, motivation, resources,...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet