Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 3 – p 814–817 AUTHORS: Suresh, Santhanam MD et al BACKGROUND: Untreated pain can have instant and prolonged consequences to behavioral and neurologic outcomes in neonates. Although the use of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block to minimize postsurgical pain has been demonstrated in neonates, no […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: March 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 3 – p 807–813 AUTHORS: George, Jessica A. MD et al BACKGROUND: Prescription errors are among the most common types of iatrogenic errors. Because of a previously reported 82% error rate in handwritten discharge narcotic prescriptions, we developed a computerized, web-based, controlled substance prescription writer […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: March 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 3 – p 753–757 AUTHORS: Turkstra, Timothy P. MD, MEng, FRCPC et al BACKGROUND: The GlideScope videolaryngoscope is an intubating device routinely used by anesthesiologists for tracheal intubation. It is occasionally difficult to advance the endotracheal tube (ETT) into the trachea, despite a good view […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: March 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 3 – p 664–676 AUTHORS: Ahn, Eun Jin MD et al BACKGROUND: Previous randomized controlled trials regarding the effectiveness of perioperative midazolam in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) have produced conflicting results. Consequently, the present systematic review was performed to assess the effect of […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: March 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 3 – p 616–623 AUTHORS: Scott, Andrew V. BS et al BACKGROUND: Stored red blood cells (RBCs) are deficient in 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG), but it is unclear how autologous salvaged blood (ASB) compares with stored blood and how rapidly 2,3-DPG levels return to normal after transfusion. […]
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