AUTHORS: Bonvicini, Daniele MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 772-780 BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Surgery is a mainstay therapy unfortunately burdened by complications as severe postoperative pain. Regional anesthesia may play a role in a multimodal strategy for prevention and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Yang, Chen MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 731-738 BACKGROUND: Intraoperative hypothermia is a common complication after neuraxial block in cesarean delivery. At least 1 animal study has found that carbohydrate loading can maintain the body temperature of rats during general anesthesia, but it is […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Blondonnet, Raiko MD, MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 723-730 BACKGROUND: Chest injuries are associated with mortality among patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and require multimodal pain management strategies, including regional anesthesia (RA). We conducted a survey to determine the current practices […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Naranjo, Julian DO et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 707-712 BACKGROUND: There is a continued perception that intravenous line (IV) placement is contraindicated in the arm ipsilateral to prior breast cancer surgery to avoid breast cancer–related lymphedema (BCRL). The aim of this retrospective study was to […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Cho, Eun-Ah PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 690-697 BACKGROUND: Tools for the evaluation of gastric emptying have evolved over time. The purpose of this study was to show that the risk of pulmonary aspiration is not increased with carbohydrate drink, by demonstrating that the […]
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