tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6564877826805187138..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Marty Makary suggests transparencyPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-82175888557973275662012-09-15T13:37:36.847-04:002012-09-15T13:37:36.847-04:00'Getting Over Going Under' deals with the ...'Getting Over Going Under' deals with the most frightening place in the hospital, the operating room & the anesthesia given there.<br /><br />Brain monitors are found in 75% of US hospitals , yet only used 25% of the time.<br /><br />Without a brain monitor, you are 99% guaranteed to be over medicated to avoid anesthesia awareness.<br /><br />Anesthesia over medication is especially dangerous for aging baby boomers & their parents.<br /><br />Do not play Russian roulette with your mind by having anesthesia without a brain monitor.<br /><br />The public education message of the non-profit Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation is simple & clear:<br /><br />No surgery under anesthesia without a brain monitor.narkosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683660349976694652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-12213333024744560032012-09-11T21:20:29.482-04:002012-09-11T21:20:29.482-04:00The review is excellent, and worth clicking on the...The review is excellent, and worth clicking on the link. <br />One addiitonal quote caught my eye by one of my former professors at UVa:<br />"{Michael} Johns, who got a sneak peek of the book, pre-publication, offers one caution: “He does a really nice job of grabbing readers’ attention with his stories. But the book needs to be read in the right sense, and that is that there’s room for improvement. You don’t want people to read it and be afraid of seeking out care.”<br /><br />Au contraire, I think people DO need to be afraid of seeking out care for anything to change. Think of all the verbiage and print to this day, and not much is different.<br /><br />nonlocal MDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com