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AUTHORS: Gilbertson, Laura E. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 24, 2019 BACKGROUND: Pyloromyotomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on otherwise healthy infants. Pyloric stenosis results in a hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis that is considered a medical emergency. This alkalotic state is believed to be associated with an increased incidence of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Nikki Kean Anesthesiology News Urgent ICU transfers cited Many patients who are admitted to the hospital with acute heart failure (HF) have previously undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), according to a new study. And even when the breathing problems are detected during their hospital stay, the patients often are still given opioids, despite their potential […]
Read MoreAuthor: ELIZABETH MÉTRAUX STAT JANUARY 3, 2020 The night a gunman opened fire on a crowd of 20,000 at a Las Vegas music concert, Dr. Kevin Menes was in charge of the emergency department at Sunrise Hospital. “I was pulling people five or six at a time out of patrol cars, pickup trucks, ambulances, you name it,” he […]
Read MoreAuthor: Christina Frangou Anesthesiology News Men With Cardiac Risk Particularly Vulnerable, Study Reveals Postoperative anemia is strongly associated with serious adverse events—including myocardial infarction, acute renal failure and death—after major general and vascular operations, and the effect is especially pronounced in patients who are at high cardiac risk, according to a new study. Investigators said […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sylvanus Kampo et al BMC Anesthesiology volume 19, Article number: 177 (2019) Background Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) is a dreadful and uncomfortable experience that significantly detracts patients’ quality of life after surgery. This study aimed to examine the antiemetic effect of a single sub-hypnotic dose of propofol as prophylaxis for PONV. Method In this prospective, double-blind, randomized control […]
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