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AUTHORS: Massoud, Marina, BSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 3 – p 525–532 BACKGROUND: Postoperatively, young infants are admitted overnight in view of the risk for respiratory complications such as desaturation and apnea. This risk seems much lower than previously reported. Until what age this risk persists, and which […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Weiniger, Carolyn F., MBChB et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 3 – p 513–522 BACKGROUND: Intrathecal morphine provides excellent analgesia after cesarean delivery; however, respiratory events such as apnea, bradypnea, and hypoxemia have been reported. The primary study aim was to estimate the number of apneas per subject, termed […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Giovanni Mistraletti et al Critical Care 2019 23:3 Background ICU patients must be kept conscious, calm, and cooperative even during the critical phases of illness. Enteral administration of sedative drugs might avoid over sedation, and would be as adequate as intravenous administration in patients who are awake, with fewer side effects and lower costs. […]
Read MoreBy Denise Baez Electroencephalography (EEG)-guided anaesthetic administration does not decrease the incidence of postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing major surgery, according to a study published in JAMA. “In this randomised study involving 1,232 patients aged 60 years and older undergoing major surgery, postoperative delirium occurred in 26.0% of the EEG-guided anaesthetic group and in 23.0% […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Turan, Alparslan, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 3 – p 494–501 BACKGROUND: Neuraxial anesthesia improves components of the Virchow’s triad (hypercoagulability, venous stasis, and endothelial injury) which are key pathogenic contributors to venous thrombosis in surgical patients. However, whether neuraxial anesthesia reduces the incidence of venous thromboembolism […]
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