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Patients with migraine headaches—particularly those accompanied by aura—may be at significantly increased risk for 30-day hospital readmission because of pain after surgery when compared with individuals without migraines, according to a study published in Cephalalgia. Although migraines are thought to increase the chance for postoperative readmission to the hospital, the specific reasons underlying this phenomenon are not […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News Because of its high specificity, a cuff leak test is better at ruling in than ruling out post-extubation airway obstruction in adults who are mechanically ventilated, a meta-analysis has concluded. The analysis of 21 studies included 3,772 patients and was presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society of Critical […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News There was no difference in time to pain control or the amount of morphine equivalents used between multimodal and opioid-only pain regimens for postoperative non-ICU patients, according to research presented at the 2018 annual Critical Care Congress (abstract 1581). “Clinicians may substitute nonopioids while having opioids on board as needed,” said […]
Read MoreAuthor: David C. Holzman Anesthesiology News The potential for better outcomes in the treatment of pain for burn patients could come from greater use of nonopioid adjuvant pain medications, such as ketamine, according to researchers of a new study. Adjuvant pain medications can reduce the amount of opioids necessary to mitigate pain, but most patients aren’t […]
Read MoreAuthors: Francesca Campoccia Jalde, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 10 2018, Vol.129, 769-777. What We Already Know about This Topic: Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist matches the mechanical pressure from the ventilator to the patient’s respiratory drive sensed from the electrical activity of the diaphragm, but the optimal degree of diaphragm unloading is uncertain What This Article […]
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