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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Johnson & Johnson To Stop Selling Sedasys System

Johnson & Johnson announced that the company will stop selling the Sedasys System due to unexpectedly slow sales and company-wide cost-cutting. The Sedasys System, a computer-assisted personalized sedation device that allows non-anesthesia professionals to administer propofol, was touted by some as a potential replacement for anesthesiologists. The device delivers a measured dose of propofol into the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Dexmedetomidine Combined with General Anesthesia Provides Similar Intraoperative Stress Response Reduction When Compared with a Combined General and Epidural Anesthetic Technique

Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1202–1210 AUTHORS: Li, Yun MD et al BACKGROUND: Epidural anesthesia may attenuate the sympathetic hyperactivity and stress response from surgery. In this study, we compared the stress response, hemodynamic variables, and recovery profiles of patients undergoing total IV anesthesia (TIVA) and intraoperative […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Blockade: A Retrospective Study of the Incidence of Complications

Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1186–1191 AUTHORS: Pace, Meredith M. MD et al BACKGROUND: The benefits of thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) have been demonstrated for patients undergoing surgery for breast cancer. However, pleural puncture resulting in pneumothorax is a serious complication associated with traditional approaches using guidance […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 April, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Implications of Patient Age and ASA Physical Status for Operating Room Management Decisions

Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1169–1177 AUTHORS: Luedi, Markus M. MD, MBA et al BACKGROUND: In elderly, high-risk patients, operating room (OR) turnaround times are especially difficult to estimate, and the managerial implications of patient age and ASA physical status for OR management decisions remain unclear. We […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 April, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Amnesia of the Operating Room in the B-Unaware and BAG-RECALL Clinical Trials

Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1158–1168 AUTHORS: Chen, Yulong BA et al BACKGROUND: Patient memories of the operating room (OR) may serve as the informational basis for assessing satisfaction with individual anesthesiologists. Furthermore, the provision of clinically important information may assume that perioperative memories are retained. Studies […]

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