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Authors: Christian M. Schulz, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 326-337. Background: Situational awareness errors may play an important role in the genesis of patient harm. The authors examined closed anesthesia malpractice claims for death or brain damage to determine the frequency and type of situational awareness errors. Methods: Surgical and procedural anesthesia death and brain damage […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ronald J. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 401. To the Editor: I read with interest the study published recently by Eikelboom et al.1 in Anesthesiology. Because venous thromboembolism (VTE) is infrequently discussed in the anesthesia literature and is the leading cause of preventable death in surgical patients, certain aspects of the publication by Eikelboom et al.1 merit […]
Read MoreExtended-release tramadol may help reduce withdrawal symptoms in patients being treated for opioid use disorder, according to a JAMA Psychiatry study partly funded by industry. Roughly 100 adults with opioid use disorder were stabilized with morphine for 7–10 days in a residential research facility. During the subsequent 7-day taper phase, they were randomized to receive clonidine, buprenorphine, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael C. Reade, M.B.B.S., D.Phil. Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 398. To the Editor: In the November 2016 issue of Anesthesiology, Wu et al.1 reported the results of their randomized controlled trial of low-dose (0.1 µg kg−1 h−1, nontitrated) dexmedetomidine in 76 nonmechanically ventilated noncardiac surgery patients aged 65 yr or older (an off-label use), in which dexmedetomidine was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Haley Goucher Miranda, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 397-398. To the Editor: In November 2016’s issue of Anesthesiology, Wu et al., in their article “Low-dose Dexmedetomidine Improves Sleep Quality Pattern in Elderly Patients after Noncardiac Surgery in the Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial,”1 demonstrated polysomnographic improvement in sleep in patients treated with […]
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