Noninvasive ventilation better for patients
Recently published results from a clinical trial showed that for critically ill adults needing tracheal intubation for emergency airway support, the method health care providers choose to use for providing supplemental oxygen before the intubation procedure affects the patient’s risk of hypoxemia, or potentially life-threatening low levels of blood oxygen.
Delirium linked to brain injury after severe surgery
Researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health discovered that delirium following severe surgery may be associated with brain injury.
Study finds major surgery is associated with minor cognitive decline
A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has revealed that major surgery is associated with only a minor decline in cognitive ability.
Kelly McQueen named chair of anesthesiology
A leader in global anesthesia and surgery, Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, has been named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW Health’s Abd-Elsayed named to Wisconsin Medical Examining Board
Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, has been appointed as one of 10 licensed doctors on the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board.