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Uncategorized Published - 1 April, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Timing and Risk Factors Associated With Postoperative Stroke in Vascular Surgery Patients Using Time-Varying Coefficients From a Cox Model

Authors: Moore, Laurel E. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 673-684 BACKGROUND:  Mechanisms of postoperative stroke are poorly understood, particularly for strokes occurring after uneventful emergence from anesthesia. We sought to create a model to study retrospectively the timing and associations for stroke in a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
FDA approves Battelle’s process to decontaminate N95 face masks

By Kim Lyons The Verge The Ohio company says its process could decontaminate 80,000 masks per day The Food and Drug Administration has approved a process that would clean much-needed N95 protective face masks and allow them to be reused, the agency said in a release. Columbus-Ohio based Battelle uses a “vapor phase hydrogen peroxide” process to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Patient and anesthesia characteristics of children with low pre‐incision blood pressure

Authors: Wietze Pasma et al  Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Dec 2019 Background Intraoperative blood pressure has been suggested as a key factor for safe pediatric anesthesia. However, there is not much insight into factors that discriminate between children with low and normal pre‐incision blood pressure. Our aim was to explore whether children who have a low […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Ratios of Plasma and Platelets to Red Blood Cells in Surgical Patients With Acute Intraoperative Hemorrhage

AUTHORS: Warner, Matthew A. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 26, 2019 BACKGROUND:  The relationships between the ratios of transfused allogeneic blood products and clinical outcomes in patients with acute intraoperative hemorrhage are poorly defined. METHODS: To better define these ratios, we undertook a single-center, observational cohort study of all surgical patients (≥18 years) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Neuromuscular Block Protocol Decreases Residual Blockade

Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Management of neuromuscular block with rocuronium and its reversal with neostigmine and sugammadex according to a protocol is associated with a very low incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade, in a new study. The researchers reported that neostigmine played an important role in the protocol, and resulted in significant cost […]

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