Melanie M. Stipp Anesthesia Services, PLLC

06/14/2026

A How I Do It article defines key terminology, articulates the rationale for discussing harm, and offers a compassionate, evidence-based framework to hold the initial conversation with patients and families affected by harm in the ICU.

Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04jLY7c0

06/14/2026

Safety evaluation of consecutive one-way valves for propofol infusion – Senot et al look at reducing waste from single use lines.

https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(26)00123-6/fulltext

06/14/2026

Human-driven sea-level rise has quadrupled the frequency of extreme coastal sea-level events since 1900, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. The findings suggest that climate change has already altered coastal flood risk and highlights the need to integrate these changes into adaptation and risk management strategies.

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06/14/2026

💡 JAMA Insights: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an imaging modality that the 2025 American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline on CAP endorses as an acceptable diagnostic alternative to chest radiography for adults with suspected CAP at centers with appropriate clinical expertise.

by trained clinicians is a guideline-endorsed alternative to chest for diagnosis, offering higher sensitivity and specificity, immediate results, and no ionizing radiation.

https://ja.ma/4uyPHo0

06/13/2026

One of the ways NIOSH translates research into practice is through collaborative work with organizations that develop rigorous, lifesaving national standards that protect workers. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Nye59U

06/13/2026

06/13/2026

A news explainer in Nature examines how the size of the Ebola outbreak in its initial days is worrying researchers and that the next few weeks will determine how large it grows.

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06/13/2026

A study in Nature Climate Change reconstructs historical seabird dispersal routes, showing that birds responded to temperature shifts by changes in range size rather than body mass.

These trends are projected to persist, with higher rates of warming causing greater range contractions and longer dispersal distances.

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06/13/2026

INSIDE LOOK 👀 Read from the upcoming issue (June 9): What is the effect of inhaled nitric oxide on exercise capacity in patients without hypoxemia with mild to severe COPD without pulmonary hypertension, and are there structural and/or functional predictors of response?

Read more in the journal CHEST®: https://hubs.la/Q04hp9hf0