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Authors: Angela Lucia Balocco, MD et al Anesthesiology News Background Checklists have been introduced as a solution for patient safety and a number of other quality issues in health care. They are considered to be an inexpensive and simple method to avoid common human errors, applicable across a wide range of processes. The recent rise […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News More than 5,000 federal lawsuits against the 3M Bair Hugger forced-air warming system have been dismissed by a federal court, a decision that comes some six months after a Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a state court order dismissing 61 similar cases filed on behalf of Minnesota plaintiffs. As part […]
Read MoreAuthors: Silvia Schönenberger, MD et al JAMA. 2019;322(13):1283-1293. Key PointsQuestion Is there a difference in functional outcome at 3 months between patients who receive general anesthesia or procedural sedation during stroke thrombectomy? Findings In this individual patient data meta-analysis of 3 randomized clinical trials that included 368 patients with acute ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation, the use […]
Read MoreAuthor: RISHI rk.md Compared to catecholamine infusions which are routinely titrated, there’s a polarized practice with vasopressin – those who titrate and those who don’t. As a resident, I worked with intensivists who strongly believed in “0.04 U/min or nothing at all.” They believed that similar to electrolyte repletion, vasopressin at this fixed dose (used in many […]
Read MoreI read this and wanted to share with our readers. By Maria Cohut, Ph.D. Plenty of research has suggested that owning a dog can be beneficial to health. Two new studies now add to the existing evidence, finding an association between dog ownership and a significantly lower death risk following a stroke or heart attack. “The […]
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