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Uncategorized Published - 28 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative Prediction of Chronic Postsurgical Pain after Thoracotomy: Need for Adequately Sized Population-based Samples

Authors: Antonio Montes, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 224. To the Editor: The article by Bayman et al.,1  evaluating predictors of chronic pain 6 months after thoracic surgery, provides important evidence of the high incidence and severity of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after both thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery. However, we are surprised the authors […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Crystalloid versus Colloid for Intraoperative Goal-directed Fluid Therapy Using a Closed-loop System: A Randomized, Double-blinded, Controlled Trial in Major Abdominal Surgery

Authors: Alexandre Joosten, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 55-66. Background: The type of fluid and volume regimen given intraoperatively both can impact patient outcome after major surgery. This two-arm, parallel, randomized controlled, double-blind, bi-center superiority study tested the hypothesis that when using closed-loop assisted goal-directed fluid therapy, balanced colloids are associated with fewer postoperative complications […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Effects of Changes in Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Partial Pressures on Cerebral Oximeter Performance

Authors: Andrew Schober, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 97-108 Background: Cerebral oximetry (cerebral oxygen saturation; ScO2) is used to noninvasively monitor cerebral oxygenation. ScO2 readings are based on the fraction of reduced and oxidized hemoglobin as an indirect estimate of brain tissue oxygenation and assume a static ratio of arterial to venous intracranial blood. Conditions […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
An International, Multicenter, Observational Study of Cerebral Oxygenation during Infant and Neonatal Anesthesia

Authors: Vanessa A. Olbrecht, M.D., M.B.A. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 85-96. Background: General anesthesia during infancy is associated with neurocognitive abnormalities. Potential mechanisms include anesthetic neurotoxicity, surgical disease, and cerebral hypoxia–ischemia. This study aimed to determine the incidence of low cerebral oxygenation and associated factors during general anesthesia in infants. Methods: This multicenter study enrolled 453 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Effects of Forced Air Warming on Airflow around the Operating Table

Authors: Kazuhiro Shirozu, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 79-84. Background: Forced air warming systems are used to maintain body temperature during surgery. Benefits of forced air warming have been established, but the possibility that it may disturb the operating room environment and contribute to surgical site contamination is debated. The direction and speed of […]

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