Author: Mary West MedicalNewsToday A sleep apnea headache involves pressing pain on both sides of the head. It usually happens in the morning after waking up. Unlike classical migraine headaches, sleep apnea headaches do not cause nausea and increased sensitivity to light and sound. According to older research sleep apnea — a condition where a person stops […]
Procedural Sedation With Dexmedetomidine in Combination With Ketamine in the Emergency Department
AUTHORS: Charles GrC)goire et al J Emerg Med. 2022 May 9 BACKGROUND Dexmedetomidine is an alternative agent for procedural sedation in the emergency department thanks to its ability to maintain hemodynamic and respiratory stability. Dexmedetomidine must, however, be combined with a powerful analgesic. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to evaluate the quality and safety of procedural […]
An updated look at what cardiologists know about heart damage among COVID-19 patients
Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Busyness Nurses caring for a COVID-19 patient in the COVID unit at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix. More than 25 months after COVID-19 was officially categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, researchers are still working to learn as much as possible about the cardiovascular side effects associated with infection. […]
Shingles and stress: Is there a link?
Author: Rachel Ann Tee-Melegrito MedicalNewsToday Significant stress is believed to trigger shingles by weakening the immune system, which leads to the reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) in the body. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral infection that causes a painful, stripe-shaped rash with small blisters to appear on one area […]
Propofol versus midazolam sedation in patients with cardiogenic shock
AUTHORS: Clemens Scherer et al J Crit Care. 2022 May 5; PURPOSE Benzodiazepines are recommended as first line sedative agent in ventilated cardiogenic shock patients, although data regarding the optimal sedation strategy are sparse. The aim of this study was to investigate the hemodynamic effects of propofol versus midazolam sedation in our cardiogenic shock registry. […]
Comparison of the Analgesic Efficacy of Opioid-Sparing Multimodal Analgesia and Morphine-Based Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
AUTHORS: Jinseok Yeo et al World J Surg. 2022 May 8 BACKGROUND A multimodal analgesia (MMA) protocol has shown the effect of postoperative pain control and reduced the postoperative opioid consumption. However, it was questionable whether MMA could replace opioid-based patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for postoperative pain control. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether an […]
Postoperative Delirium Severity and Recovery Correlate With Electroencephalogram Spectral Features
AUTHORS: Guay, Christian S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 13, 2022 BACKGROUND: Delirium is an acute syndrome characterized by inattention, disorganized thinking, and an altered level of consciousness. A reliable biomarker for tracking delirium does not exist, but oscillations in the electroencephalogram (EEG) could address this need. We evaluated whether the frequencies of EEG […]
Gender Gap: A Qualitative Study of Women and Leadership Acquisition in Anesthesiology
AUTHORS: Basile, Ellen R. DO et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 12, 2022 BACKGROUND: The representation of women among leaders in the field of anesthesia continues to trail that of their male counterparts. This qualitative study was conducted to understand the pathway of leadership acquisition among women in the field of anesthesiology. METHODS: Using constructivist grounded […]
Carotid endarterectomy does not reduce long-term dementia risk
Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is not associated with a significant reduction in the risk of dementia, according to a new analysis published in the European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery.[1] However, the study’s authors noted, it did still lead to considerable improvements in stroke risk. “Small, short-term, observational studies have suggested that […]
Nurses’ Priorities for Perioperative Research in Africa
AUTHORS: Bedwell, Gillian J. MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 16, 2022 BACKGROUND: Mortality rates among surgical patients in Africa are double those of surgical patients in high-income countries. Internationally, there is a call to improve access to and safety of surgical and perioperative care. Perioperative research needs to be coordinated across Africa to positively […]