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Patients undergoing major abdominal procedures have an independent risk for mortality when at least 6 L of IV fluid are administered on the day of surgery. The retrospective study, which used a large administrative database of roughly 36,000 patient discharges from 393 hospitals across the United States, found that patients receiving at least 6 L […]
Read MoreAuthors: Behrens A et al. Gut 2018 Jan 3. Major complications occurred in 1 out of 10,000 procedures in a large prospective study. Most adverse events during endoscopy are due to sedation. To prospectively assess risk for complications during endoscopy, researchers analyzed data from more than 350,000 endoscopies conducted across dozens of centers in Germany. Sedation was […]
Read MoreOrganizations representing surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses will gather in early 2018 to review evidence on the controversial issue of operating room attire, after a series of recent studies showed bouffant caps do not appear to be associated with a reduced risk for surgical site infections compared with traditional surgical caps. “We are going to reconvene […]
Read MorePatients who are unintentionally administered contrast medium despite being hypersensitive to the agent rarely experience severe allergic reactions, instead exhibiting only mild to moderate symptoms, a case series has found. “In patients with [a] history of hypersensitivity to contrast medium, we usually avoid administering it altogether or premedicate them with steroids,” said Honorio T. Benzon, MD, professor […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gaudard, Philippe, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 4 – p 1234–1240 BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide (NO) has a well-known efficacy in pulmonary hypertension (PH), with wide use for 20 years in many countries. The objective of this study was to describe the current use of NO in real life […]
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