An Observational, Prospective Study Authors: Ilona Razlevice et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(107) Background: Cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2c) decrease from baseline greater than 20 % during infant cardiac surgery was associated with postoperative neurologic changes and neurodevelopmental impairment at 1 year of age. So far, there is no sufficient evidence to support the routine monitoring of rSO2c during […]
Read MoreJohn J. Whyte, MD, MPH Hello. I’m Dr John Whyte, director of Professional Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement (PASE) at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. You’re watching this video commentary as part of the FDA’s collaboration with Medscape. I’d like to talk to you about a serious safety […]
Read MoreIncidences of retained surgical objects are extremely rare, occurring maybe once in every 5,000 operations. But when it happens — and it does happen, thousands of times per year — the economic consequences can be profound, often running into hundreds of thousands of dollars in readmissions, litigation, settlements and damaged reputations. So be extremely careful and watch […]
Read MoreThe implementation of an evidence-based, multimodal pain regimen after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) was associated with a significant decrease in narcotic requirements as well as maximum postoperative pain scores, according to a study presented here on November 1 at Obesity Week 2016, the Annual Meetings of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) […]
Read MoreA study of children born in Sweden suggests a small association between exposure to anesthesia for surgery before the age 4 with slightly lower school grades at age 16 and slightly lower IQ scores at 18. For the study, published online by JAMA Pediatrics, Pia Glatz, MD, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues conducted a […]
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