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Uncategorized Published - 25 November, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Palliative Care and the Perioperative Surgical Home

Author: Kristin Forner, MD  ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 28-30. Kristin Forner, M.D., is Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Mission Palliative Care, Mission Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina. The potential for creative cross-over, stimulating overlap of expertise, and ground-breaking collaboration between palliative care and anesthesiology within the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) environment is enormous. Palliative care has […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 November, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Kidney Injury: An Overlooked Complication?

Author: Uday Jain, MD, PhD ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 16-18. Uday Jain, M.D., Ph.D. is Staff Anesthesiologist, Alameda Health System, Oakland, California. Classification: Perioperative acute kidney injury (AKI) was previously known as “acute renal failure.” To facilitate its management, standardized classification of severity of AKI is utilized. Two sets of criteria are popular for classification of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 November, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Measuring Anesthesia Quality: The Evolving Role of Normothermia

Author: David P. Martin, MD, PhD ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 14-15. Physician anesthesiologists have long recognized the importance of measuring and maintaining normal body temperature. Multiple research studies have demonstrated that hypothermia increases cardiac arrhythmias, increases blood loss, raises rates of surgical infections and delays patient awakening. Reflecting that importance, temperature management was one of the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 November, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Cisatracurium Attenuates Lung Injury by Inhibition of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-α1

Authors: Vito Fanelli MD, PhD, et al Anesthesiology published on 11 2015. Background: Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) bind the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α1 (nAChRα1) that also contributes to inflammatory signaling. Thus, the author hypothesized that the use of NMBA mitigates lung injury by improving ventilator synchrony and decreasing inflammatory responses. Methods: Lung injury was induced by intratracheal instillation of hydrogen […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 November, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Association between Intraoperative Hypotension and Myocardial Injury after Vascular Surgery

Authors: Judith A. R. van Waes, MD, et al Anesthesiology published on 11 2015. Background: Postoperative myocardial injury occurs frequently after noncardiac surgery and is strongly associated with mortality. Intraoperative hypotension (IOH) is hypothesized to be a possible cause. The aim of this study was to determine the association between IOH and postoperative myocardial injury. Methods: This cohort study […]

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