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"Who wants to be anesthetized and monitored by someone who is
checking his e-mail?"
But it's an epidemic. Everybody's addicted to their gadgets nowa-
days, says anesthesologist Peter J. Papadakos, MD, the director of
critical care at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.
"When you come onto the surgical wing, you pass the unit secretary
who is texting on her smartphone, then the nurse, who is surfing the
Web, then the resident, who is gaming on his tablet," he says.
This is harsh, but think of holding a cell phone to your ear like holding
a gun to your patient's head. OSM
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