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AUTHORS: Krause, Martin MD et a; Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 141-151 BACKGROUND: Pulmonary complications related to residual neuromuscular blockade lead to morbidity and mortality. Using an interrupted time series design, we tested whether proportions of reintubation for respiratory failure or new noninvasive ventilation were changed after […]
Read MoreAuthor: Eric Ramos DG News Neuraxial morphine reduced inpatient opioid consumption in the first 6 hours after caesarean delivery, and >72 hours after delivery, according to a study presented at the 2020 Virtual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). “Currently, caesarean delivery is the most common inpatient surgery in the United States, with […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Routine statin treatment is significantly associated with increased mortality in type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a study published in Diabetes & Metabolism. The findings came from the Coronavirus–SARS-CoV-2 and Diabetes Outcomes (CORONADO) study – a nationwide observational study aiming to describe the phenotypic characteristics and prognosis of […]
Read MoreDG News The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) around 20 weeks or later in pregnancy may cause fetal renal dysfunction leading to oligohydramnios and, in some cases, neonatal renal impairment. Although this safety concern is well known among certain medical specialties, the FDA wanted to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Angie Stewart Becker’s ASC Review Houston anesthesiologist Rezik Saqer, MD, received a seven-year prison sentence Oct. 9 for his role in a $5 million healthcare fraud scheme tied to “multiple patient deaths,” according to the Department of Justice. During his sentencing in the Southern District of Texas, Dr. Saqer was also ordered to pay […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bauer, Melissa E. DO et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 7-15 Abstract With increasing numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases due to efficient human-to-human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the United States, preparation for the unpredictable setting of labor […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: King, Michael R. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 255-262 BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are well documented in the United States, although evidence of disparities in pediatric anesthesia is limited. We sought to determine whether there is an association between […]
Read MoreAuthor: Eric Ramos DG News The addition of a heated humidified breathing circuit (HHBC) to standard forced air warming blankets in hypothermic patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after cardiac surgery did not result in a statistically significant reduction in time to normothermia, according to a study presented at the 2020 Virtual Meeting […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News In-hospital mortality, myocardial injury and acute kidney injury (AKI) are all more common among COVID-19 patients with a history of heart failure (HF), according to new research published in ESC Heart Failure. The authors tracked all patients with a history of HF treated at a single facility from March 1 […]
Read MoreWritten Denise Baez People with Down syndrome have a 4-fold increased risk for hospitalisation from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a 10-fold increased risk for COVID-19-related death, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Down syndrome is not on the UK shielding list or on the US Centers for Disease Control and […]
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