Spoof: Airline Pilots Follow Lead of Anesthesiologists: Demand Training for Routine Emergencies Should Not Be Mandatory Following the lead of their counterpart U.S. anesthesiologists, a bevy of U.S. commercial pilots have signed petitions demanding that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) no longer require mandatory, routine training for flying emergencies. Led by the articulate, charismatic Capt. […]
Read More… But Other Perioperative Complications Rise There has been a 25% fall in anesthesia-related complications for women undergoing cesarean deliveries, with mortality rates falling as well, a comprehensive study of New York state hospital records has found. The bad news: Nonanesthetic perioperative complications jumped nearly 50%. The study (Anesthesiology2015;123:1013-1023) examined 785,854 cesarean deliveries in hospitals […]
Read MoreJ Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2016 Jan AUTHORS: Dogar SA et al BACKGROUND: The tramadol and paracetamol combination is used frequently for postoperative pain management. The literature on the use of this combination for vertebral surgery is limited. Our objective was to compare a combination of paracetamol 1 g and a lower dose of tramadol (1 mg/kg: group […]
Read MorePediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Jan AUTHORS: Gibbons K et al BACKGROUND: Research on the safety and efficacy of continuous lidocaine infusions (CLIs) for the treatment of pain in the pediatric setting is limited. This article describes a series of pediatric oncology patients who received lidocaine infusions for refractory, longstanding, cancer-related pain. PROCEDURE: This is a retrospective […]
Read MoreAnesth Analg. 2016 Jan AUTHORS: Rascón-Martínez DM et al BACKGROUND: Acute postoperative cognitive dysfunction is characterized by neurocognitive dysfunction and confusion. In this study, we compared the cognitive status of a geriatric population undergoing ophthalmic surgery, as assessed by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) before and after ketamine administration. METHODS: Eighty patients were enrolled […]
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