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AUTHORS: Abirami Kumaresan, M.D. Anesthesiology 6 2018, Vol.128, 1187-1192. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000002159 Background: The effects of prone positioning on esophageal pressures have not been investigated in mechanically ventilated patients. Our objective was to characterize effects of prone positioning on esophageal pressures, transpulmonary pressure, and lung volume, thereby assessing the potential utility of esophageal pressure measurements in setting positive end-expiratory […]
Read MoreFluid restriction has no impact on disability-free survival; increases risk of acute kidney injury A restrictive fluid regimen is not associated with increased disability-free survival for patients at increased risk of complications during major abdominal surgery, but is associated with increased acute kidney injury, according to a study published online May 10 in the New England […]
Read MoreLocation of inflammation may determine which patients are successfully treated with steroid injections Authors: Daniel Albrecht, PhD et al Pain May 2018 A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found, for the first time in humans, that patients with chronic sciatica — back pain that shoots down the leg — have evidence of inflammation […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kirk Hogan, M.D., J.D. Anesthesiology 6 2018, Vol.128, 1260-1261. The article by Block et al. reports that 94% of teenagers with broadly distributed, decreased white matter integrity and volume on magnetic resonance imaging of their brains inhaled nitrous oxide for over an hour during surgery and anesthesia in their first year of life. A manuscript cited by […]
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