AUTHORS: Hogan, Kirk, J., MD, JD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 2 – p 629–631 Cognitive dysfunction 3 months after noncardiac surgery in the elderly satisfies informed consent thresholds of foreseeability in 10%–15% of patients, and materiality with new deficits observed in memory and executive function in patients with […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nath, Papu, MD, FRCPC et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 2 – p 615–620 BACKGROUND: Alkalinized lidocaine in the endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff decreases the incidence of cough and throat pain on emergence after surgery lasting more than 2 hours. However, alkalinized lidocaine needs 60–120 minutes to cross the ETT […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Liu, Jiabin, MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 2 – p 600–605 BACKGROUND: The rate of hospital-based acute care (defined as hospital transfer at discharge, emergency department [ED] visit, or subsequent inpatient hospital [IP] admission) after outpatient procedure is gaining momentum as a quality metric for ambulatory surgery. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Andreae, Michael, H., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 2 – p 588–599 BACKGROUND: US health care disparities persist despite repeated countermeasures. Research identified race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status as factors, mediated through individual provider and/or systemic biases; little research exists in anesthesiology. We investigated antiemetic prophylaxis as […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Muffly, Matthew, K., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 2 – p 568–578 BACKGROUND: A workforce analysis was conducted to predict whether the projected future supply of pediatric anesthesiologists is balanced with the requirements of the inpatient pediatric population. The specific aims of our analysis were to (1) project […]
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