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By Maureen F. Cooney, DNP, FNP-BC, Pain Management Nurse Practitioner, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y. For patients preparing for surgery, their biggest worry often has nothing to do with typically noted complications. What patients fear most is pain.1 And for good reason: More than 80% of surgical patients report acute postoperative pain,2 yet less than […]
Read MorePediatric patients with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia appear to have an increased likelihood of complications following pulmonary rehabilitation surgery, according to a retrospective review. The findings, presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (abstract CA1-36), come from an analysis […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ayebale, Emmanuel Timarwa MBChB, MMED et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 2 – p 533–539 BACKGROUND: Crystalloids are used routinely for perioperative fluid management in cesarean delivery. Few studies have determined the crystalloid of choice in obstetric anesthesia. We compared the effects of Ringer’s lactate (RL) versus 0.9% […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: García-de-la-Asunción, José MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 2 – p 499–506 BACKGROUND: During lobectomy in patients with lung cancer, the operated lung is often collapsed and hypoperfused. Ischemia/reperfusion injury may then occur when the lung is re-expanded. We hypothesized that remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) would […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Patel, Eshan U. MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 3 – p 967–974 BACKGROUND: Hospital-wide massive transfusion protocols (MTPs) primarily designed for trauma patients may lead to excess blood products being prepared for nontrauma patients. This study characterized blood product utilization among distinct trauma and nontrauma MTPs at a […]
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