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Uncategorized Published - 12 December, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Prolonged Opioid Use Before Knee, Hip Replacement Surgery Increases Risk of Poor Outcomes

Patients who take prescription opioids for more than 60 days before total knee or hip replacement surgery are at significantly higher risk of being readmitted to the hospital and of undergoing repeat joint-replacement surgery, compared with patients with no preoperative opioid use, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. “Opioid […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 December, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Artificial Intelligence for Anesthesia: What the Practicing Clinician Needs to Know: More than Black Magic for the Art of the Dark

Authors: Michael R. Mathis, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology 10 2018, Vol.129, 619-622. “…machine-learning properties include an ability to capture…variables…[called] model features…[too numerous for humans] to perceive or simultaneously consider…[and] the ability…to model complex relationships between model features which otherwise eclipse human understanding.” MACHINE learning, the quintessential tool currently driving forward the development of artificial intelligence, was […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 December, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Study Determines Risk Factors for Opioid Misuse Following Surgery, Trauma

Certain prescribing patterns, surgical procedures, and patient characteristics increase patients’ risk of long-term opioid use following surgery or trauma, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. “Approximately 4% of the general population will use prescribed opioids for an extended time after surgery, but, among patients with a history of prescription […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 December, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
High-Frequency Jet Ventilation Safe, Effective in Cardiac Cath Lab

Author: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News A retrospective chart review has found high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) to be a safe and effective means of ventilating patients in the cardiac catheterization lab. In the new study, only two of 123 patients had to convert to traditional methods of ventilation over a 13-month implementation period. The transition to the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 December, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
The Current State of Airway Management: Are We Doing Better?

Author: Lauren Berkow, MD President-Elect, Society for Airway Management Professor of Neuroanesthesiology University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, Florida Anesthesiology News Welcome to the special annual Airway Management issue from Anesthesiology News! Included in this issue are a variety of important airway topics and an airway management roundtable discussion of current airway-related controversies. As patients become older, […]

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