Why I Love My Operating Room
Some patients might not think twice about where a doctor operates, be it in an en suite operating room or a local hospital. Patients have enough on their minds, like the anxiety of having an elective procedure, the costs, recovery, and results, which can weigh heavily on them. But truth be told, where surgery is […]
Did the 5th Vital Sign Lead to Opioid Addiction?
For those of you not in the medical field, there are typically four vital signs the nurse or doctor takes of the patient: blood pressure, respirations, heart rate and temperature. But in 1996, the American Pain Society coined the phrase, the 5th vital sign, which is pain. The only problem is that while the first […]