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AUTHOR: Orser, Beverley A. MD, PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1109-1110 Health care workers are committed to learning from each other to optimize the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses recently called […]
Read MoreEditors NEJM Journal Watch Diskectomy improves leg pain better than nonsurgical care in patients with chronic sciatica caused by lumbar disk herniation, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study. Nearly 130 patients with sciatica lasting 4 to 12 months were randomized to undergo microdiscectomy or standardized nonoperative care (followed by surgery as needed). At 6 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Peter Dockrill Science Alert Before we go any further, it’s worth pointing out the survey was conducted between late 2018 and early 2019 – nearly a year before the current COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world showed up, inevitably affecting how most of us think and feel about transmissible infections. Nonetheless, the findings make particularly sobering reading […]
Read MoreAuthor: Eric Raible docwirenews A new report highlights some of the potential cardiovascular complications a practitioner is likely to encounter when treating patients with the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). “COVID-19 is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2),” the researchers wrote. “While systemic inflammation and pulmonary complications can result in significant morbidity […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ruetzler, Kurt MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 BACKGROUND: Two-thirds of the US population is considered obese and about 8% morbidly obese. Obese patients may present a unique challenge to anesthesia clinicians in airway management. Videolaryngoscopes may provide better airway visualization, which theoretically improves intubation success. However, previous work in morbidly obese […]
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