Authors: Tobias Kammerer, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 67-78. Background: The use of artificial colloids has declined in critical care, whereas they are still used in perioperative medicine. Little is known about the nephrotoxic potential in noncritically ill patients during routine surgery. The objective of this trial was to evaluate the influences of albumin 5% […]
Read MoreAuthors: Christopher Brasher, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 4-5. “Preterm infants have substantial intravenous therapeutic needs over prolonged periods of time.” HOW to best insert and maintain central venous catheters in small infants is a question of interest to all health professionals working in the field. The hospitalized small infant population is growing as […]
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Read MoreEdited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD While total opioid-related hospital admissions remained stable between 2000 and 2014, deaths from opioid-driven hospitalizations rose nearly fivefold, Health Affairs reports. A researcher examined nationally representative hospitalization data. He concludes that despite the stable rate of hospital admissions owing to opioids, the intensity of those admissions increased […]
Read MoreAuthor: Zirui Song Hospitals play an important role in caring for patients in the current opioid crisis, but data on the outcomes and composition of opioid-driven hospitalizations in the United States have been lacking. Nationally representative all-payer data for the period 1993–2014 from the National Inpatient Sample were used to compare the mortality rates and […]
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