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I just wanted to share with our readers because of its importance prevent heart disease. By Kelly Young Frequent egg consumption or high cholesterol intake is associated with increased risk for incident cardiovascular disease and mortality, according to a JAMA study. In six cohort studies, nearly 30,000 adults free of cardiovascular disease provided information on their dietary […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ajai Raj Anesthesiology News A high-volume community hospital has succeeded with routine same-day discharge for knee and hip replacements by using a multimodal analgesia protocol (MMAP). Researchers from Northside Hospital, in Atlanta, reported that their MMAP relies on opioids for analgesia only on an as-needed basis. In 2017, the researchers performed more than 2,000 […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alejandro Garrido Sánchez, MD et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 34, No. 1 • June 2019 SUMMARY: In 2009 SENSAR started the first multicentre Critical Incident Reporting System in Spain. Ten years later, it accounts for 107 actively participating hospitals in Spain and Chile, with more than 500 local analyzers, over 9,000 critical incidents reported […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jason D. Walls, MD; Mark S. Weiss, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 34, No. 1 • June 2019 SUMMARY:Non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) comprises an increasing share of modern anesthesia practice. NORA presents setting-specific challenges to safe anesthesia care, but protocols and interdisciplinary teamwork can facilitate safe, efficient, and cost-effective procedural care in the NORA […]
Read MoreAuthor: Linda Carroll Reuters Health When it comes to common gastrointestinal operations, such as weight loss surgery, a U.S. hospital’s ranking may not equate with better outcomes, a new study suggests. For patients undergoing several common minimally-invasive abdominal surgeries, rates of death and serious complications at hospitals ranked high in the U.S. News and World […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Positive airway pressure is associated with lower mortality in obese patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea, according to findings in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery. Using data from an observational study, researchers matched some 80 obese patients with OSA who were prescribed positive airway pressure to 310 who were not. During […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Drinking a bottle of wine a week (less than one drink a day) is equivalent to smoking 5 to 10 cigarettes in terms of the absolute increase in cancer risk, according to a study in BMC Public Health. Using health survey and lifetime-cancer-risk data from the U.K., researchers report that among men who […]
Read MoreThis is for our pain practitioners to know about. By Joe Elia A study of gabapentinoid use finds pregabalin — but not gabapentin — associated with increased suicidality in young adult patients, according to a report in The BMJ. The drug class has anticonvulsant properties but is increasingly prescribed as an analgesic. Researchers used Swedish national […]
Read MoreAuthors: Keith J Ruskin, MD, FAsMA, FRAeS and James P Bliss, PhD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 34, No. 1 • June 2019 Introduction Electronic medical devices are an integral part of patient care, providing vital life support and physiologic monitoring that improve safety throughout hospital care units. The alarms and alerts generated by such devices […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Intraoperative vasopressor infusion to treat hypotension during complex spine surgery does not compromise renal function, according to a retrospective cohort analysis in Anesthesia & Analgesia (2019. [Epub ahead of print]). “A few years ago, a couple of studies flagged the danger of using vasopressor infusion, as it was shown to be an […]
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