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Uncategorized Published - 4 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Radiation Safety Perceptions and Practices Among Pediatric Anesthesiologists

AUTHORS: Whitney, Gina M. MD  et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1242-1248 BACKGROUND: Pediatric anesthesiologists are exposed to ionizing radiation from x-rays on an almost daily basis. Our goal was to determine the culture of safety in which they work and how they adhere to preventative strategies […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Elderly Have Poor Prognosis After Recovery in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Scott Maier University of California, San Francisco Patient Care While long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are designed to help patients recover and regain independence, fewer than 1-in-5 older adults who were transferred to such facilities were alive five years later, leaving […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Transversus Abdominal Plane Block in Children: Efficacy and Safety: A Randomized Clinical Study and Pharmacokinetic Profile

AUTHORS: Sola, Chrystelle MD, MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1234-1241 BACKGROUND: The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has become a common regional anesthesia technique for pain management in a wide variety of abdominal procedures. Evidence to support any particular local anesthetic regimen as well as […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Factors Associated With Recovery Room Intravenous Opiate Requirement After Pediatric Outpatient Operations

AUTHORS: Nafiu, Olubukola O. MD, FRCA, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1225-1233 BACKGROUND: Many children recovering from anesthesia experience pain that is severe enough to warrant intravenous (IV) opioid treatment within moments of admission to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Postoperative pain has several negative […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of Right-Lateral Versus Left-Lateral Tilt Position on Compression of the Inferior Vena Cava in Pregnant Women Determined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

AUTHORS: Fujita, Nobuko MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1217-1222 BACKGROUND: Despite the existing dogma that women undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia should be positioned with a 15° left-lateral tilt, the patients were actually positioned in a right-lateral tilt position in several of the original […]

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