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Uncategorized Published - 8 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
9 causes of foot pain while walking

The foot consists of many small bones that can cause significant pain when they become injured or misaligned, or when the protective cushioning around them deteriorates. Various issues can affect the foot, potentially resulting in pain that worsens with every step. In this article, we discuss some of the potential causes of foot pain when […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Amazed They Haven’t Been Blamed for Any of This

I am trying to make our readers laugh in these difficult times. Author: Dr 99 Pandemic coronavirus, COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands infected. Sports suspended. Nations on lockdown. Social distancing. Markets crashing. And it’s only just begun. Yet somehow amidst all of this, Anesthesia is amazed they haven’t been blamed for any of this. “It was […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
The Good and Bad Sides of 2 ‘Old’ Drugs

Author: Gina Shaw Anesthesiology News Gabapentin and ketamine in the spotlight One is an anticonvulsant first approved in the 1990s to treat seizures that has been heavily promoted in recent years for dozens of off-label uses, in many cases leading to widespread abuse. The other is a five-decade staple of anesthesiology, battle-tested during the Vietnam […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Practical Training of Anesthesia Clinicians in Electroencephalogram-Based Determination of Hypnotic Depth of General Anesthesia

AUTHORS: Bombardieri, Anna Maria MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 777-786 BACKGROUND:  Electroencephalographic (EEG) brain monitoring during general anesthesia provides information on hypnotic depth. We hypothesized that anesthesia clinicians could be trained rapidly to recognize typical EEG waveforms occurring with volatile-based general anesthesia. METHODS: […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Societies advise against ventilating multiple patients with a single ventilator, many children with COVID-19 are asymptomatic

By Denise Baez SOURCE: American Society of Anesthesiologists, The Lancet Infectious Diseases We cover placing multiple patients on a single ventilator and the clinical and epidemiological features of 36 children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Zhejiang, China. Sharing mechanical ventilators should not be attempted because it cannot be done safely with current equipment, according […]

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