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Author: Elizabeth A.M. Frost, MD Anesthesiology News What Is It? Named after Antoine Marfan, a French pediatrician who first described the disorder in 1896, Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder of autosomal dominant inheritance, affecting the cardiovascular, skeletal, and ocular systems.1 Pulmonary involvement is less frequent. The gene linked to MFS was identified by Francesco […]
Read MoreAnyone who has ever stayed overnight in a hospital will know how difficult it can be to sleep, surrounded by staff, machinery, trolleys and telephones. In the UK, 40% of hospital patients are bothered by noise at night, according to in-patient surveys. But it’s not only the patients’ wellbeing that may be affected – high […]
Read MoreAuthors: Brian E. Driver, MD et al JAMA • June 5, 2018 To understand procedural challenges of endotracheal intubation. Question In patients admitted to the emergency department with difficult airway characteristics undergoing orotracheal intubation with a Macintosh laryngoscope blade, does a bougie facilitate higher first-attempt intubation success than an endotracheal tube + stylet? Findings In this randomized clinical trial that included 757 […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sarah Devroe et al Pediatric Anesthesia July 2018 Background In adults, xenon has only minimal hemodynamic side effects when compared with other anesthetics. Moreover, in preclinical experiments, xenon has been demonstrated to possess cardio‐ and neuroprotective properties. Altogether, the favorable hemodynamic profile combined with its potential for organ‐protection could render xenon an attractive option […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zhi-Fu Wu, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 11 2018, Vol.129, 932-941. What We Already Know about This Topic: Propofol may better preserve host defenses against cancer Whether cancer recurrence is less likely with propofol than volatile anesthesia remains unknown What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The authors conducted a propensity-matched retrospective analysis of 1,158 […]
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