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Uncategorized Published - 20 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Association Between Race and Ethnicity in the Delivery of Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients

AUTHORS: King, Michael R. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 27, 2019  A Single-Center Study of 3189 Regional Anesthetics in 25,664 Surgeries BACKGROUND:  Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are well documented in the United States, although evidence of disparities in pediatric anesthesia is limited. We sought to determine whether there is an association […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
New Guidelines on Migraine Prevention in Children and Adolescents

Amy A. Gelfand, MD, MAS reviewing Oskoui M et al. Neurology 2019 Sep 10 New guidelines highlight the current limits of evidence for migraine preventives in youth. Sponsoring Organization: American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Background and Objective The AAN has issued new clinical practice guidelines on migraine preventive treatment (i.e., headache frequency lowering) in children and adolescents, updated from their […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Association for Healthcare Social Media Launches

Author: Kate O’Rourke Anesthesiology News Interested in social media but not sure how best to use the platforms? There’s a society for that. The recently launched Association for Healthcare Social Media (AHSM; ahsm.org) is the first professional society devoted to the use of social media by health care professionals, and the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Risk of Major Complications After Perioperative Norepinephrine Infusion Through Peripheral Intravenous Lines

AUTHORS: Pancaro, Carlo MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 27, 2019 BACKGROUND: Continuous infusions of norepinephrine to treat perioperative hypotension are typically administered through a central venous line rather than a peripheral venous catheter to avoid the risk of localized tissue necrosis in case of drug extravasation. There is limited literature to estimate the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Assessment of Coagulation by Thromboelastography During Ongoing Postpartum Hemorrhage

AUTHORS: Rigouzzo, Agnes MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 24, 2019 BACKGROUND: Rapid assessment of hemostasis during postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is essential to allow characterization of coagulopathy, to estimate bleeding severity, and to improve outcome. Point of care (POC) coagulation monitors could be of great interest for early diagnosis and treatment of coagulation disorders in […]

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