Month: March 2022

Uncategorized Published - 1 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
The Association Between Angiotensin II and Renin Kinetics in Patients After Cardiac Surgery

AUTHORS: Meersch, Melanie MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2022 BACKGROUND: Hyperreninemia after cardiac surgery is associated with cardiovascular instability. Angiotensin II (AT-II) could potentially attenuate hyperreninemia while maintaining target blood pressure. This study assesses the association between AT-II usage and renin levels in cardiac surgery patients with postoperative hyperreninemia and vasoplegia. METHODS: Between September […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Understanding the Economic Impact of an Essential Service: Applying Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to the Hospital Airway Response Team

AUTHORS: Stone, Alexander B. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 3 – p 445-453 BACKGROUND:  As the United States moves toward value-based care metrics, it will become essential for anesthesia groups nationwide to understand the costs of their services. Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) estimates the amount of time it […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Associations of body mass index with pain and the mediating role of inflammatory biomarkers in hand osteoarthritis

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Marthe GlCersen, Pernille Steen Pettersen et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Feb OBJECTIVE To examine the association of body mass index (BMI) with pain in people with hand osteoarthritis, and explore whether this association, if causal, is mediated by systemic inflammatory biomarkers. METHODS In 281 Nor-Hand study participants, we estimated associations between […]

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