DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Alicia Lew, John M Morrison et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Sep 12 BACKGROUND Volatile anesthetic agents are described as rescue therapy for children invasively ventilated for critical asthma. Yet, data are currently limited to case series. AIMS Using the Virtual Pediatric Systems database, we assessed children admitted to a pediatric intensive […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Verwijmeren, Lisa MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 570-577 BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with mortality after cardiac surgery. Novel risk factors may improve identification of patients at risk for renal injury. The authors evaluated the association between preoperative biomarkers that reflect […]
Read MoreAuthors: Elizabeth Rebello, R.Ph, MD, FASA, CPPS et al ASA Monitor September 2021, Vol. 85, 40–41. Medication error is the most common type of medical error in the United States, injuring approximately 1.3-1.5 million people and accounting for 251,000 preventable deaths per year (asamonitor.pub/2SF59mC; Preventing Medication Errors. 2007; BMJ 2016;353:i2139). Although medication errors in anesthesia are difficult […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira F1rstNews Summary: Managing expectations in the business environment can be a bit tricky. Anesthesia groups have certain expectations that have always been placed upon them. The problem comes when these expectations are increased in number and intensified in detail. Today’s alert reviews the continual mission creep being experienced by many of […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Ana C Mavarez, Caroline Ripat et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Sep 12 BACKGROUND Radial artery catheterization in neonates, infants and young children is a common and useful invasive procedure that brings technical placement challenges and potential complications due to the small diameter size of the radial artery in these patients. The […]
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