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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Extubation Failure in Brain-injured Patients: Risk Factors and Development of a Prediction Score in a Preliminary Prospective Cohort Study

Anesthesiology published on October 6, 2016 Authors: Thomas Godet, M.D., Ph.D. et al Background: The decision to extubate brain-injured patients with residual impaired consciousness holds a high degree of uncertainty of success. The authors developed a pragmatic clinical score predictive of extubation failure in brain-injured patients. Methods: One hundred and forty brain-injured patients were prospectively included after the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Conservative Oxygen Strategy Tied to Lower Mortality in ICU

Conservative oxygen therapy is associated with lower mortality risk in the ICU, according to an open-label study in JAMA presented at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine’s Annual Congress. Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM In an Italian hospital, researchers randomized nearly 500 adult ICU patients to conservative or conventional oxygen therapy. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Former Pain Center Patients Seek Relief in ERs

HealthLeaders Media News, October 5, 2016 A crackdown on a Seattle pill mill has disrupted care for thousands of Medicaid patients. Patients of a network of now-closed pain treatment centers in Seattle have been seeking care in the regions’ emergency rooms, according to data from the Washington state Department of Health. The state has been tracking […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
A Practical Training Program for Peripheral Radial Artery Catheterization in Adult Patients: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

Anesthesiology 10 2016, Vol.125, 716-723 Authors: Yoshinobu Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D. et al Background: The main cause of unsuccessful peripheral radial artery catheterization using traditional palpation is imprecisely locating the arterial center. The authors evaluated factors causing disparities between the arterial centers determined by palpation versusultrasound. The authors applied them to create and test a novel catheterization training program. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Intraoperative Care Transitions Are Not Associated with Postoperative Adverse Outcomes

Anesthesiology 10 2016, Vol.125, 690-699. Authors: Maxim A. Terekhov, M.S., M.B.A. et al Background: Whether anesthesia care transitions and provision of short breaks affect patient outcomes remains unclear. Methods: The authors determined the number of anesthesia handovers and breaks during each case for adults admitted between 2005 and 2014, along with age, sex, race, American Society of Anesthesiologists […]

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