Make Surgeons’ Position More Comfortable

Make Surgeons’ Position More Comfortable

In search of a more comfortable thoracotomy.

How do surgeons make intraoperative decisions?

Surgeons' intraoperative decision making is a key element of clinical practice, yet has received scant attention in the surgical literature. In recent years, serial changes in the configuration of surgical training in the UK have reduced the time spent by trainees in the operating theatre. The opportunity to replace this lost experience with active teaching of decision making is important, but ...

Measuring blood pressure at the wrist: more comfortable for patients and more convenient for doctors?

OBJECTIVES To compare the agreement between conventional measurement of blood pressure and measurements obtained using two automated devices; and to compare how comfortable each of the three methods of measurement were for patients. METHODS Blood pressure measurements and patient comfort scores were recorded using three different devices in 125-surgery and 40-community patients. The devices u...

Paying surgeons less has cost more.

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 mandated reductions in physician reimbursement. This reduction in payments could be envisioned to limit expenditures on 2 counts: first, individual fees would be lower, producing inherent savings. Furthermore, reducing fees should depress the incentive to work, thereby generating additional savings from reduced output. A rival point of view holds that lower fees ...