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AUTHORS: Zhou, Hui MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 1 – p 287-293 BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury is a common complication after open total aortic arch replacement but lacks effective preventive strategies. Remote ischemic preconditioning has controversial results of its benefit to the kidney and may perform better in […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Rood PJT et al Anesthesiology. 2019 Aug;131(2):328-335 WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC: Delirium is a frequently occurring disorder in intensive care unit patients associated with impaired short-term and long-term outcomes. Prophylactic haloperidol neither reduces delirium incidence nor its short-term clinical consequences. Many intensive care unit survivors suffer from long-term impairment of physical, cognitive, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jee-Eu Chang et al BMC Anesthesiology volume 19, Article number: 118 (2019) Background In the present study, we compare the LMA-Protector™ and the i-gel™ in terms of adequacy of the airway seal, insertion time, ease and accuracy of insertion, and the incidence of postoperative sore throat. Methods In 110 anesthetized and paralyzed adult patients, the i-gel™ (n = 55) or […]
Read MoreI know this has nothing to do with anesthesia however I wanted to share this with our readers since over 60% of Americans are overweight or obese. By Chiara Townley Using a mouse model, researchers discovered that insulin controls a molecular pathway in the brain that activates during stress and leads to more weight gain. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kyu Oh T et al Anesthesiology. 2019 Aug;131(2):315-327. WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC: Randomized controlled trials evaluating the potential value of statin administration for intensive care unit patients have not observed a benefitHowever, the chronic preadmission use of statins among patients admitted to the intensive care unit has not been robustly studied WHAT […]
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