AUTHORS: Bombardieri, Anna Maria MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 487-492 BACKGROUND: Prone positioning (PP) is necessary for surgical access during posterior spine procedure. However, physiological changes occur in the PP. Typical findings are a decrease in arterial blood pressure and in cardiac output that could […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Simpao, Allan F. MD, MBI et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 477-481 BACKGROUND: The migration of pediatric thoracic epidural catheters via a thoracic insertion site has been described. We assessed the migration of caudally threaded thoracic epidural catheters in neonates and infants at our institution. METHODS: The […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Dennis, Alicia Therese MBBS, PhD, MIPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 450-457 BACKGROUND: Cardiac disease is the leading cause of maternal death. Assessment of cardiovascular fitness is important in pregnant women because it is linked to increased risk of cardiac disease but is rarely undertaken […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Pearson, Amy C. S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 493-499 BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for the administration of therapeutic epidural injections suggest that these be limited to a maximum of 4 per year. We sought to gain an understanding of the proportion of lumbosacral epidural […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Buddeberg, Bigna S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 444-449 BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide is a major threat to global health. Cardiac structural and functional changes are well documented for obesity as well as for pregnancy, but there is limited literature on […]
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