Healthcare & Economics
Anesthetic Gases in Cardiac Surgery, A Systemic Review
Isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane are volatile anesthetic agents used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. In cardiac surgery, inhaled anesthetics have an additional use case in providing strong cardioprotective properties during myocardial ischemia. The use of volatile agents at a minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of 0.5 to 2.0 during cardiac surgery results in fewer individuals needing inotropic support, reduced incidence of myocardial injury, and lower mortality than intravenous anesthesia.
Challenges Facing Women Healthcare Workers in Their Professional Growth
Despite actively striving to be promoted, women healthcare workers remain underrepresented in management and leadership roles. Women are underrepresented across the healthcare industry. This underrepresentation has been a trend for years, but it will not change without action. The industry is facing fierce competition, particularly from within the insurance sector.
Using prediction polling to harness collective intelligence for disease forecasting
During infectious disease epidemics, public health workers require an early warning, situational awareness, and predictive information. Sentinel surveillance, laboratory reporting, and case identification are all traditional methods of infectious disease surveillance that provide crucial information for outbreak response, management, and decision-making.
Educational psychology of medical training
Medical training has high stakes, sometimes higher than other forms of training. It involves working with a very complex subject matter and having to make life and death calls. It is important to provide an education that takes into account the needs of the learner to offer good outcomes. Here is where educational psychology might contribute to medical training, providing better strategies for teaching.
Decision making of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented challenge to the lifestyle of people, public health. The impact is felt in finance, business, travel, tourism, education, and other sectors of the company. People have been cautious, and that is why they introduced the lockdowns. However, there is a need to make predictions on different factors such as when the pandemic would and end and the duration of the lockdown so that necessary action is taken.
Cost-effectiveness analysis of extended ECMO duration in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the United States
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a serious and sometimes fatal congenital diaphragmatic abnormality. The abdominal contents migrate into the pleural cavity, and the deficiency is accompanied by a range of lung and pulmonary vascular bed maldevelopment. Advanced life-support methods, such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), are frequently required in patients with increasingly severe diseases.
Psychology of healthcare leadership
Leaders play a central role in many organizations, and healthcare organizations are not the exception. Leaders face significant stress in this context, knowing how much can be associated with their decisions, as healthcare often leads to life or death situations. How do they cope with this? What are the challenges they face?
Assessing The Impact of Diversity and Aging Population on Health Expenditure of United States
With continued growth in healthcare services, aging and diversity have increased healthcare expenditure in the United States. For instance, the aged people spending on health treatments are similar to unhealthy young people's health spending throughout their lifetime. Besides, the rise in healthcare spending has been influenced by the increase in the population of the elderly in the United States.
Multitasking in high-stress clinical Jobs
Clinical jobs are usually associated with high levels of stress.
The importance of Debriefing in Healthcare Simulation-Based Learning as is an important teaching and learning tool
Healthcare simulation is an important teaching and learning tool. It allows students and trainees on all levels to acquire relevant experience and practice specific abilities in a safe and controlled setting. However, the effectiveness of simulations relies on several factors the use of debriefing to ensure that the learning process is working as intended.
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