Anyone following the trial?  Check out this graph made by Doubleshot, a.k.a. Dr. Panchali Dhar, showing Michael Jackson’s blood propofol level. GENERAL ANESTHESIA!   From Dr. Dhar: The graph shows Michael Jackson’s blood propofol at the time of death. The other drugs are not even counted here! Jackson’s blood level was 4.   This means he [...]

Hello Medical Barista readers!  I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted an article.  I’m not sure anybody actually reads this blog, but if they did, they probably gave up by now.  Anyway, this morning I was reading the trusted news source AOL (wink wink), and came across something interesting.  You see, the home [...]

Februrary 8, 2010 was the day Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist, was formally charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the case of the death of Michael Jackson.  The Huffington Post has the whole story, which I’ll summarize and editorialize below. Basically, Murray was charged with manslaughter by the Los Angeles court system, [...]

So here’s the follow up to my original post about the Grey’s Anatomy episode that we all found so shocking.  I’ve posted a clip courtesy of You Tube below.  It’s just the first 8 minutes, but fast forward to minute 1:32 to start the drama! As it turns out, the patient has a mutation in [...]

This just in – anesthesiologists get bad rap courtesy of tonight’s episode of Gray’s Anatomy.  The show opens with a woman having a large abdominal surgery who becomes very tachycardic while her anesthesiologist is reading a magazine.  She is shown moving her head and blinking her eyes – indicating that she is indeed awake during [...]