Month: April 2020

Uncategorized Published - 15 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Demand for Ventilator Drugs ‘Unprecedented’

Author: Bruce Buckley Anesthesiology News The danger that there won’t be enough medications to facilitate mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients is sharply rising just as coronavirus infections surge in hotspots around the nation, according to a new Vizient analysis of 13 critical sedatives, opioids and paralytic drugs. “What we’re seeing right now is an unprecedented demand for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 15 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Can Inhaling Nitric Oxide Treat — Or Prevent — COVID-19? MGH Wants To Find Out

Author: Barbara Moran Common Health Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are studying whether inhaling a gas called nitric oxide can help treat patients with COVID-19, or even prevent people from getting the disease. Although nitric oxide is widely used to treat patients with respiratory failure, MGH is the only hospital in the United States, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 15 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
New study questions the effectiveness of masks against SARS-CoV-2

Medical News Today Research published at the beginning of April casts serious doubts about the effectiveness of both surgical and cloth masks in preventing the spread of infectious SARS-CoV-2 particles. In an effort to find more ways of slowing the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and public health officials around the world have been debating whether using […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Use of Regional Anesthesia With Liposomal Bupivacaine For Palliation of Pain at the End of Life

Anesthesiology News Authors: Daniel M. Hesler, MD, FASA, Joseph Varnau, MD, Caitlyn Tolen Introduction The administration of regional anesthesia for the purpose of palliative care is a field that remains mostly uninvestigated. The sparse data collected in this area have primarily focused on specific administration techniques, without much emphasis on subjective pain relief or comfort […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Comparison of Programmed Intermittent Epidural Boluses With Continuous Epidural Infusion for the Maintenance of Labor Analgesia

AUTHORS: Ojo, Oluremi A. BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 426-435 BACKGROUND:  Programmed intermittent epidural boluses may improve the spread of local anesthetics compared to continuous epidural infusion, improving labor analgesia and obstetric outcomes. However, there are limited data from studies using commercially available pumps capable […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Steps to Manage OR Use and Safety During PPE Shortages

Author: Micheal Vlessides Anesthesiology News Optimizing OR management has been the focus of exhaustive research. But one subject that has yet to be analyzed is maximizing OR productivity and safety in the COVID-19 era, when a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) is the defining variable. However, in a recent article in Anesthesia & Analgesia 2020 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
What factors did people who died with COVID-19 have in common?

Medical News Today Researchers have analyzed the records of 85 individuals who died with COVID-19 in the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan, China. The analysis revealed that the majority of those patients had a few consistent factors in common. A new study analyzing the data of 85 people who died with COVID-19 found […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients

Author: Mike Stobbe Associated Press As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and some doctors worry that the machines […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Optimizing Nutrition for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Author: Lynne Peeples Anesthesiology News Delivering appropriate nutrition for very sick adults with COVID-19 remains an important consideration for optimizing these patients’ outcomes, but it also involves some unique challenges, according to a presentation at the ASPEN20 Virtual Conference. ”We’re assessing and treating COVID-19 patients just like any other patients in the ICU with acute […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
COVID-19 treatment: New findings may bring researchers a step closer

Medical News Today A new study from Cornell University has made a discovery about SARS-CoV-2 that may help researchers develop an appropriate treatment. A new finding of how SARS-CoV-2 spreads may also help researchers understand how to curb the virus’s proliferation. Five researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, set out to learn more […]

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