The Odious Duke
Aug. 1st, 2012 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyObviously, robbing people is Very Wrong and you shouldn't do it. But if you're going to do it, do it in thematically appropriate costume. I approve.
A couple of things caught my eye in today's medical newspaper. First, someone has done a study on surgeons to find out how easily distracted they are during surgery. They did this during a simulation, not on actual patients, you'll be pleased to know. It turns out the surgeons can work straight through someone dropping a metal tray, but are considerably put off by people asking irrelevant questions about politics. So there you go.
There was a report on another study too, this time about post heart-surgery recovery and survival for Jehovah's Witness patients compared to non-Jehovah's Witness patients. The Witnesses, of course, can't have blood transfusions, so they have to go through a blood conservation treatment prior to surgery. It turns out they have much better post-operative prospects: shorter intensive care stays, fewer follow-up operations for post-operative bleeding, fewer heart attacks after the surgery and better survival rates. So that was all very interesting.
Wouldn't you like to look at some photos of sand?
A couple of things caught my eye in today's medical newspaper. First, someone has done a study on surgeons to find out how easily distracted they are during surgery. They did this during a simulation, not on actual patients, you'll be pleased to know. It turns out the surgeons can work straight through someone dropping a metal tray, but are considerably put off by people asking irrelevant questions about politics. So there you go.
There was a report on another study too, this time about post heart-surgery recovery and survival for Jehovah's Witness patients compared to non-Jehovah's Witness patients. The Witnesses, of course, can't have blood transfusions, so they have to go through a blood conservation treatment prior to surgery. It turns out they have much better post-operative prospects: shorter intensive care stays, fewer follow-up operations for post-operative bleeding, fewer heart attacks after the surgery and better survival rates. So that was all very interesting.
Wouldn't you like to look at some photos of sand?