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AUTHORS: Guglielminotti, Jean MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2020 BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that, compared with regional anesthesia, general anesthesia is associated with increased odds of postoperative depressive disorders. No study has specifically evaluated the possible protective effect of neuraxial anesthesia for cesarean delivery on maternal mental health compared with general anesthesia. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Micheal Vlessides Anesthesiology News Intravenous administration of magnesium sulfate seems to improve neuropsychological outcomes in patients undergoing brain surgery, according to the results of a new study. The investigation also found that patients treated with magnesium sulfate exhibited improvements with respect to the presence of gliosis/edema as much as six months after surgery. “Magnesium […]
Read MoreAuthors: Paul M. Nowak, DO, et al Anesthesiology News Introduction The following case report details the discovery of upper respiratory tract sarcoid granulomas during direct laryngoscopy in a 69-year-old man undergoing spinal surgery. Sarcoidosis of the upper respiratory tract (SURT) is a rare subset of sarcoidosis, and although it is often asymptomatic, it may present […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Protecting the brain health of elderly patients who work their way through the perioperative process is a lofty, but attainable, goal, according to the work of a multidisciplinary team of clinicians at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Yet, as they reported at the 2019 annual meeting of the American […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Care plans that include opioids provide limited effectiveness in treating persistent pain, according to a project conducted at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. “Consequently, first-line drugs for the treatment of persistent pain should almost always be nonopioids,” said one of the project leaders, Debbie Fabry, BS, RN-BC, SANE, a nurse manager at […]
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