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Uncategorized Published - 18 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Comparison of ropivacaine combined with sufentanil for epidural anesthesia and spinal-epidural anesthesia in labor analgesia

Authors: Yanshuang Wang et al BMC Anesthesiology volume 20, Article number: 1 (2020) Background To compare the application and efficacy of ropivacaine combined with sufentanil for continuous epidural anesthesia (CEA) and combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSEA) in labor analgesia. Methods Three hundred sixty pregnant women requesting labor analgesia from October 2017 to August 2018 were selected retrospectively. According to the anesthetic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Maximum Surgical Blood Order Schedules Reduce Costs

Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Adherence to a data-driven maximum surgical blood order schedule (MSBOS) for open and radical prostatectomies can help reduce unnecessary preoperative blood orders and procedure-related costs. “Our MSBOS program was inspired by ‘Choosing Wisely,’ which is now an international campaign geared toward decreasing unnecessary medical procedures,” said Mereze Visagie, BA, who […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
US opioid crisis: 100,000 overdose deaths may have gone uncounted

Author: Jason Arunn Murugesu  Addiction The Daily Newsletter Far more people in the US may have died from opioids in the past two decades than previously reported, according to a new analysis of unclassified drug deaths carried out using machine-learning algorithms. Elaine Hill and her colleagues at the University of Rochester, New York, were examining data on drug […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Utilization, Incidence of Postdural Puncture Headache, and Epidural Blood Patch Placement for Privately Insured Parturients in the United States (2008–2015)

AUTHORS: Delgado, Carlos MD; Bollag, Laurent MD; Van Cleve, Wil MD, MPH Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 21, 2019 BACKGROUND:  Neuraxial analgesia is the gold standard for labor analgesia in the United States, and postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is one of the most common complications. PDPH is frequently treated with an epidural blood patch (EBP), but […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 March, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
A Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Respiratory Status During Anesthesia for Airway Stenting

AUTHORS: Okamoto, Sakura MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 21, 2019 Spontaneous Respiration Versus Controlled Ventilation With Muscle Relaxants BACKGROUND: Airway stenting is a procedure in which a stent is inserted into a stenotic site of the airway. The safest method of ventilation for airway stenting is controversial. A prospective randomized interventional study was […]

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