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"I knew endovascular grafts were around -- they're not exactly new. But I did not know they could be used in the setting of acute aortic rupture. How cool is this?"

"Why should I spend my entire career working 60 hours a week? Is that necessary to maintain my skills? Is is worth the cost to my family and my personal life? Is it more important to me that I be a "good doctor" than it is that I be a good father and a good husband? I don't think so, and in fact, personally, I identify myself more as a father than a doctor."

Intense post: "Anyone who wonders why an anesthesiologist would be needed for organ donation by a brain-dead person clearly has no grasp of what an anesthesiologist's job is. An anesthesiologist's job is to keep a patient's organs well-perfused and well-oxygenated. Usually this is synonymous with keeping a patient alive under anesthesia. In this special case, it means keeping the patient's heart and lung functions stable so that the donated organs can continue to give life in... another or several others. I won't lie and say this type of case feels just like any other, even like just another cardiac case. It doesn't. It's strange. The patient is dead in the ways that matter most to his or her loved ones but alive in ways that will matter to others. Dead but not completely dead. I am taking care of a living shell of someone. A body that is dying and that eventually will come to a full stop." See more

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This is what the Windward OBGYN Clinic had to say about Rugby Medical: "It was a pleasure working with Rugby Medical. We recently ordered our Voluson 730 Expert from them, and had it delivered to our clinic here in Hawaii, the very next week. The equipment is providing excellent imaging and has given us great value for the price." Jean-Paul Clark, M.D.

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