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Uncategorized Published - 5 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Happy Labor Day

We want all of our readers to enjoy the holiday and be safe with your friends and families.

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Phase IIb Trial of Avoidance of Hyperoxemia during Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Authors: Shay P. McGuinness, M.B.Ch.B. et al      Commentary: Oxygen Therapy: When Is Too Much Too Much? Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 465-473. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000001226 Background: Cardiac surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is one of the most common forms of major surgery. Cardiac surgery–associated multiorgan dysfunction (CSA-MOD) is well recognized and includes acute kidney injury (AKI), hepatic impairment, myocardial damage, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Visual Loss in Spine Fusion Surgery: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in the United States from 1998 to 2012 in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Authors: Daniel S. Rubin, M.D. et al Commentary: Good News: But Why Is the Incidence of Postoperative Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Falling? Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 457-464. Background: Perioperative ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) causes visual loss in spinal fusion. Previous case–control studies are limited by study size and lack of a random sample. The purpose of this study was […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Lipid Emulsion in Local Anesthetic Toxicity: Long-winded, Rude, and Right

Authors: Martyn Harvey, M.D., F.A.C.E.M. et al    Commentary: Effect of Intralipid® on the Dose of Ropivacaine or Levobupivacaine Tolerated by Volunteers: A Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Study Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 451-453. LORD Cyril Asquith, son of a British Prime Minister, and himself an English Law Lord, once remarked “A Judge of the first instance should be […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Good News: But Why Is the Incidence of Postoperative Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Falling?

Author: Michael M. Todd, M.D. Commentary: Perioperative Visual Loss in Spine Fusion Surgery: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in the United States from 1998 to 2012 in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 445-448. THE first description of postoperative visual loss (POVL) in Medline is from 1950. Cases appeared sporadically over the next 30 to 40 yr, mostly […]

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