Booboflurane Replacing Sevoflurane in parts of China by
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dailymail.co.ukPosted Oct 3, 2015, 6:49 PM UTC
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dailymail.co.ukThat is...interesting.
I know their culture is very different, so it is hard to really judge the action based on that, but coming from the US, that sort of action is pretty weird.
I also assume it would probably be highly illegal in the US
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In the US isn't breast milk treated like a drug in a hospital setting? I remember there was a mix-up not too long ago where a nurse gave baby A the breast milk from mom B and they had to treat it as a med error.
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I assume so. During my OB rotation in school it had patient labels on it and had to be scanned.
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You'd assume so, but what exactly would they charge?
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In terms of criminal law? No idea. Maybe reckless endangerment? Either way, I'm talking the medical side of things.
The nurse is giving someone elses baby her own breast milk.
What if the kid had an allergic reaction to the nurses breast milk and something serious happened? The fallout from that would be so massive I cant even wrap my head around it.
Imagine if a nurse gave your kid her breast milk without asking, and something happened? Even if nothing happened, I'd be pretty upset about something like that. Who knows what the nurse eats/drinks/takes/does.
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The problem with booboflurane is that it requires a special vaporizer that's pretty expensive and not fully FDA approved. That will likely limit it's growth within the US anesthesia market.
Plus it carries a pretty high risk of aspiration as a side effect, as well as a slow onset/elimination.
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Rumor has it that infection control isn't liking Booboflurane. I still don't understand why they couldn't make this child comfortable beyond just using local.
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Even something as simple as sugar! I know next to nothing about the OR but I've had successful pain management for lumbar punctures in 1 month olds with sugar. I'm sure this procedure was more painful but it's not like you need special equipment to administer sugar.
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what's even more unusual than booboflurane is documenting the administration via social media. this is definately a "what happens in las vegas stays in las vegas"
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Interesting. I mean from a medical standpoint it makes perfect sense. As I'm not in China I can't comment on their local ethical policies but here in Canada it would never fly....
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You know, in some parts of the world this isn't a big deal. The risk of transmitting disease through breastmilk is super low. In the old days, people had wet nurses. These days, people share breastmilk through Human Milk for Human Babies and other organizations. Personally? I wouldn't want a stranger to breastfeed my baby, but yeah. Maybe they knew the nurse beforehand.