Anesthesia & Analgesia:Post Author Corrections: March 22, 2016 AUTHORS: Applegate, Richard L. II MD et BACKGROUND: The use of intraoperative pulse oximetry (SpO2) enhances hypoxia detection and is associated with fewer perioperative hypoxic events. However, SpO2 may be reported as 98% when arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) is as low as 70 mm Hg. […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: May 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 5 – p 1696–1703 AUTHORS: Elkassabany, Nabil M. MD, MSCE et al BACKGROUND: Adductor canal block (ACB) has emerged as an appealing alternative to femoral nerve block (FNB) that produces a predominantly sensory nerve block by anesthetizing the saphenous nerve. Studies have shown greater quadriceps […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: May 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 5 – p 1594–1602 AUTHORS: Bihorac, Azra MD, MS et al BACKGROUND: Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SCM) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) includes predominant apical or basal regional left ventricular dysfunction (RLVD) with concomitant changes in electrocardiogram or increase in cardiac enzymes. We hypothesized that difference in outcome […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: May 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 5 – p 1516–1523 AUTHORS: Lim, Grace MD et al BACKGROUND: There are many teaching methods for epidural anesthesia skill acquisition. Previous work suggests that there is no difference in skill acquisition whether novice learners engage in low-fidelity (LF) versus high-fidelity haptic simulation for epidural […]
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced new class-wide safety labeling changes for immediate-release (IR) opioid pain medications, which make up about 90% of all opioid prescriptions. The new labels include a new boxed warning about the risks for misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose and death. In addition, as they did in 2013 with […]
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