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Cardiac Anesthesiologist blog Myocardial infarction: severe pain, usually more than 20 min in duration. Dissecting aortic aneurysm: pain is sharp, tearing, often occurs in back. Mitral valve prolapse: transient pain, midsystolic click murmur, and young female with no risk factors. Myocarditis: pain is usually vague and mild if present. Pericarditis: pain is sharper, […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD NEJM Journal Watch Peripheral neuropathy is associated with increased mortality risk, regardless of patients’ diabetes status, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Some 7100 U.S. adults aged 40 and older underwent monofilament testing. Roughly 27% of those with diabetes […]
Read MoreRadius Anesthesia Blog Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) refers to an anesthetic technique that involves a patient undergoing sedation without mechanical ventilatory support. [1]. During MAC, patients typically do not need such support and usually retain control of their airways; however, they are sedated throughout the procedure [2]. MAC usually requires fewer sedatives and analgesics than general anesthesia, however, patients are at risk of respiratory depression and airway obstruction because their airway is not externally secured [1]. The […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD) patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had higher risk of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) than comparators, but did not have higher risk of mechanical ventilation or death, according to a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Additionally,the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News A whopping 93% of adult patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at a high risk of experiencing a fatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or stroke, according to new research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The study was focused on data out of Catalonia, Spain, but its findings […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Dear Editor: HEPA Filters. Do We Really Know Enough? The global crisis due to COVID-19 has permeated every aspect of our healthcare systems. Concerns about biohazard of (SARS-CoV-2), spread and contact transmission to patients, healthcare personnel, environment and equipment have been widespread, especially with regards to procedures that generate aerosols (AGP’s).1-3 Transmission […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rene’ M. Gonzalez, M.D.; John J. Schaefer III, M.D. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation In the preceding Letter to The Editor of this publication, one of the authors communicated the concept of using an already widely available, ultra-high-efficiency-filtered operating room device, the Surgical Smoke Evacuator (SSE), placed near the patient’s face and airway, to divert […]
Read MoreDG Alerts A study published in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences suggests that immunosuppressive therapy use did not make patients with autoimmune neurological disorders (aNMD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) more vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Overall, our findings largely reinforce the proposed guidelines by the expert communities where current immunosuppressive therapy (with a few exceptions) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alan Condon Becker’s Spine Review Researchers from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery are using a novel method for evaluating bone density that may be able to more accurately predict which patients would have poor outcomes after spinal fusion. Endocrinologist and bone specialist Emily Stein, MD, led the study with spine surgeons Han Jo […]
Read MoreAuthors: Danielle Levin, MD; Jorge Fleisher, MD; Michael Schoor, MD; Satrajit Bose, MD; Mark Lovich, MD, PhD; Hans P. Van Lancker MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation SUMMARY:As of July 2020, there have been over 3.1 million people diagnosed with COVID-19 and over 132,000 deaths in the United States. It is widely known that screening and […]
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