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I cannot help but admire foreign language-speaking colleagues who are able to write, lecture, study and teach in English. Since the increasing economic and political power of the United States, the results of two world wars and the declining international presence of a postcolonial Europe, English became the major language of science and medicine. Earlier [Read More]
A few months ago I joined a group of twenty-somethings hanging out on the South Pacific Island of Vanuatu. We scaled Mount Yasur, reportedly the most active volcano on the planet; a volcano that spits rocks, fire, and molten lava since before Captain Cook first described the place on August 5, 1774 (reference: captaincooksociety.com). Caught [Read More]
Ten years after Shigeto Ikeda first introduced the flexible bronchoscope to the world, I gazed into the incredible fractal anatomy of a patient’s tracheobronchial tree. Back then, flexible bronchoscopes were made of fiberoptic bundles that required an external light source for illumination. Today’s instruments incorporate increasingly complex technologies that provide greater visibility and access than [Read More]
The name “penitente” is defined as both a noun (a person who repents their wrongdoings and seeks forgiveness) and an adjective (a feeling or showing of sorrow and regret for having done wrong). The origin is Spanish, and the description in the mountains arose because a field of penitentes looks like a procession of monks [Read More]
Perception (definition): a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression It doesn’t take a scientific study to say that practicing in a model is preferable to learning to perform medical procedures on patient after patient during on-the-job medical training. Yet few national bronchology societies purchase airway models to train their members. Indeed, [Read More]
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When deciding whether or not to hire a workers comp attorney, it’s important to understand the fees associated with obtaining legal representation. Generally speaking, attorneys who handle workers compensation cases take a percentage of the total amount recovered from the insurance company as payment for their services. The exact percentage varies depending on several factors, [Read More]