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Concerns with the safety and adverse effects of opioids have grown with increases in prescribing and dose, and higher doses have been associated with worse patient-reported outcomes in a study by researchers at Veterans Affairs (VA) and Kaiser Permanente health systems. Benjamin Morasco, PhD, and his colleagues at the VA Portland Health Care System and […]
Read MoreKAREN S. SIBERT, MD | PHYSICIAN | AUGUST 16, 2017 A commencement address delivered on August 5, 2017, to the 2017 class of anesthesiologist assistants (AAs), Emory University. Distinguished faculty, graduates, honored guests: It is a great pleasure and an honor to be here, and to congratulate all the graduates of the Emory University Class of 2017 on your […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: McIsaac, Daniel I. MD, MPH, FRCPC et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 5 – p 1653–1661 BACKGROUND: Older patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) experience high rates of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Studies focused primarily on elective surgery indicate that frailty is an important predictor of adverse outcomes […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Warner, Matthew A. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 5 – p 1636–1643 BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients frequently receive plasma transfusion under the assumptions that abnormal coagulation test results confer increased risk of bleeding and that plasma transfusion will decrease this risk. However, the effect of prophylactic […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Grigg, Eliot B. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 5 – p 1617–1625 BACKGROUND: Medication errors continue to be a significant source of patient harm in the operating room with few concrete countermeasures. The organization and identification of medication syringes may have an impact on the commission […]
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