Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 193–205 AUTHORS: Kim, Minjae MD, MS et al BACKGROUND: Perioperative risk stratification is often performed using individual risk factors without consideration of the syndemic of these risk factors. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify the classes of comorbidities and risk […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 186–192 AUTHORS: Culley, Deborah J. MD et al BACKGROUND: Preexisting cognitive impairment is emerging as a predictor of poor postoperative outcomes in seniors. We hypothesized that preoperative cognitive screening can be performed in a busy preadmission evaluation center and that cognitive impairment […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 179–185 AUTHORS: Muffly, Matthew K. MD et al BACKGROUND: There is no comprehensive database of pediatric anesthesiologists, their demographic characteristics, or geographic location in the United States. METHODS: We endeavored to create a comprehensive database of pediatric anesthesiologists by merging individuals identified […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 175–178 AUTHORS: Yamada, Kumiko MD et al BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, the ropivacaine concentration required for ultrasound-guided ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block (INB) has not been reported. We designed this study to examine the 50% effective concentration (EC50) of […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 168–172 AUTHORS: Perlman, Jeffrey MBChB et al An important goal of obstetric anesthesia is to provide for the safety and comfort of the mother as well as to optimize physiologic outcomes for the neonate. Markers of neonatal physiologic outcome include cord umbilical […]
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