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Authors: Jonathan P. Wanderer et al Anesthesiology 9 2018, Vol.129, A19. Complex Information for Anesthesiologists Presented Quickly and Clearly A. fib = atrial fibrillation; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; MAP = mean arterial pressure; OR = odds ratio. Infographic created by Jonathan P. Wanderer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and James P. Rathmell, Brigham and Women’s […]
Read MoreThe incidence rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)—still commonly used in cases of intractable psychiatric disorders—has been unclear. A new meta-analysis, however, has found that such events occur after ECT in as many as one in 50 patients and after approximately one in 500 treatments. “Evidence indicates that ECT use […]
Read MoreAlthough the risk factors for hypoxemia in obese patients undergoing general anesthesia are well known, the risk is less clear when it comes to monitored anesthesia care (MAC). Yet, as a study by a team of NYU Langone Medical Center researchers has shown, the relationship is the same under MAC anesthesia, with the incidence of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Marco Rispoli, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 10 2018, Vol.129, 853-854. “Have you ever wondered what coffee is? Coffee is just an excuse. An excuse to tell a friend that you love him.” —Edoardo De Crescenzo This quote from Edoardo De Crescenzo, a famous Neapolitan writer, director, and actor, explains one important truth: in Naples, coffee […]
Read MoreThe use of transnasal sphenopalatine ganglion(SPG) block is safe and effective for providing short-term relief from acute migraine headaches, according to a study in Pain Research and Treatment. Investigators retrospectively evaluated outcomes in 55 patients treated at a university medical center for migraine headache with bilateral transnasal SPG blocks during a 6-month period. The percentage of patients who were […]
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