Author: Rita Astani, Coronis Anesthesia Summary Heart cases involve lots of base units and lots of time units, but how much value do they really bring to an anesthesia practice? Today’s article examines the current volume and relative value of cardiac anesthesia cases. There was a time, not too long ago, when cardiovascular anesthesiologists were […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Shaefi, Shahzad MD, MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 295-307, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Despite the growing contributions of critical care anesthesiologists to clinical practice, research, and administrative leadership of intensive care units (ICUs), relatively little is known about the subspecialty-specific clinical practice environment. An understanding of contemporary clinical practice is essential to recognize the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Susie Yoon, M.D., Ph.D et al Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, 920–934. Background Mechanical power (MP), the rate of mechanical energy (ME) delivery, is a recently introduced unifying ventilator parameter consisting of tidal volume, airway pressures, and respiratory rates, which predicts pulmonary complications in several clinical contexts. However, ME has not been previously studied in […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Konijn, Arjan et al European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 2(4):p e0026, August 2023. BACKGROUND The use of regional anaesthesia has increased and evolved over the past two decades but to what extent is unclear. Moreover, there is no clear standardisation of best practice in the current European landscape, which could result in inconsistencies […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kohanski, Michael A. MD, PhD et al Journal of Head & Neck Anesthesia 7(1):p e43, June 2023. Introduction: The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic renewed interest in infectious aerosols and methods to reduce risk of airborne respiratory pathogen transmission. This has led to the development of novel aerosol protective devices for which […]
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