AUTHORS: Orbach-Zinger, Sharon MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 19, 2017 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – p BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) is associated with pain during and after delivery, with studies showing reduced rates among women delivering with labor epidural analgesia (LEA). We hypothesized that women who intend to deliver with LEA […]
Read MoreAuthor: Andrea K. McDaniels The Baltimore Sun The number of transgender people getting gender reassignment surgery has increased as more insurers cover the procedures, according to new research by Johns Hopkins Medicine. The number of procedures increased nearly four-fold between 2000 and 2014, the Hopkins researchers found by examining information from a national database of […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News · September 18, 2017 The best approach to balancing analgesia, opioid use and passive range of motion after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is to block multiple nerves rather than any single nerve, according to a sophisticated network meta-analysis. This approach proved better than periarticular local anesthetic infiltration and epidural analgesia. “Based on available evidence, we […]
Read MoreAlthough nasal intubation is used more commonly than oral intubation for anesthesia in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, it appears to carry a higher risk for postoperative infection in children 6 months of age or older, according to a recent study. Led by Warwick Ames, MBBS, associate professor of anesthesiology at Duke University School of […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Wu, Meng-Che MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 5 – p 1549–1557 BACKGROUND: Several clinical trials on hypertonic fluid administration have been completed, but the results have been inconclusive. The objective of this study is to summarize current evidence for treating hypovolemic patients with hypertonic solutions by performing a […]
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