Author: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News In less than four months, research scientists and health professionals have identified a novel coronavirus, sequenced its genome, charted the clinical course of disease it causes, and begun trials for investigational vaccines and treatments. Unfortunately, in that same time span, the virus has infected hundreds of thousands around the world, […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Küllmar, Mira MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 4 – p 910-916 BACKGROUND: The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines recommend a bundle of different measures for patients at increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). Prospective, single-center, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that management […]
Read MoreAuthor: RK.md Assist control (AC) ventilation is traditionally broken down into two flavors – pressure-control (PC, an inspiratory pressure is set) and volume-control (VC, a target tidal volume in set). Both styles of ventilation allow parameters like the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2), respiratory rate (RR), and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to be adjusted as […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Adler, Adam C. MS, MD, FAAP, FASE et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2019 The Incidence of Requiring Repeated Anesthetic Exposure as Well as Exploration of the Involvement of Trainees on Case Duration BACKGROUND: Recently, there has been significant focus on the effects of anesthesia on the developing brain. Concern is heightened in children […]
Read Morears technica Who can save us from disease and despair in these harrowing times? Why, none other than Martin Shkreli, of course. Yes, the widely despised ex-pharmaceutical executive currently serving a seven-year federal prison term for fraud is, in fact, humanity’s One True Savior… if only we’d let him out of jail for a few months. In […]
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