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bookofjoe
110,570karma·31,842submissions·May 8, 2016
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• Retired (38 years in practice) neurosurgical anesthesiologist
• References: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5DdrMc8AAAAJ&hl=en
• Blog: https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/bookofjoe/bookofjoe-github
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• Interview (2017): https://everything.typepad.com/blog/2017/07/interview-with-joe-from-the-bookofjoe-blog.html
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I was an anesthesiologist for 38 years. Wrong patient/wrong site surgery happened at every hospital — UCLA/USC/UVA — I worked at. No matter how many safeguards are in place to prevent s…
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Clear and to the point for this non-techie: thank you!
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What is "technical debt?"
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aka "black bag jobs": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_bag_operation
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Wow. If a lot of people concurred, MSM would be back in business BIG TIME!
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I share your frustration, but with Financial Times links: tantalizing headlines, regularly linked here, but with an ABSOLUTE paywall, i.e.: NO free articles at all ever.
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When I was around 40. I noticed that the slides in our Medical Grand Rounds were always out of focus and wondered how come nobody said anything. One day it dawned on me that they were out of focus onl…
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Published August 2017 Povidone iodine in wound healing: A review of current concepts and practices Abstract BACKGROUND:
Of the many antimicrobial agents available, iodophore-based formulations such as…
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I'm an anesthesiologist by specialty, with experience as a GP/Family practitioner; the answer to your first question is above my medical pay grade. In regard to the second, I can say this: i…
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As a physician, I demur: avoid anything but copious irrigation with water ± bandage.
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Histatins are the major wound-closure stimulating factors in human saliva as identified in a cell culture assay ABSTRACT Wounds in the oral cavity heal much faster than skin lesions. Among other facto…