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Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 – Volume 121 – Issue 3 – p 652–660 Authors: Karan, Suzanne B. MD et al BACKGROUND: Physostigmine, a centrally acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, is most commonly used by anesthesiologists in the postanesthetic setting to reverse confusion caused by central anticholinergic medication effects. It has also been proposed as a treatment […]
Read MorePain Med. 2015 Aug;16(8):1610-21 Authors: Vrooman B et al OBJECTIVES: To test the hypotheses that lidocaine 5% patches decrease the severity of acute pain and incidence of persistent incisional pain after robotic cardiac valve surgery. DESIGN: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. SETTING: Tertiary care academic medical center. SUBJECTS: Patients having robotic cardiac valve surgery. METHODS: Patients […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: August 2015 – Volume 121 – Issue 2 – p 556–569 Authors: Law, Lawrence Siu-Chun MD et al BACKGROUND: Paravertebral block (PVB) is a safe and effective anesthetic technique for thoracotomy and mastectomy. However, no systematic review or meta-analysis has focused on PVB for inguinal herniorrhaphy. Our study compares PVB with general […]
Read MoreShane V. Cherry, MD Resident Physician Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management Miami, Florida Christian Diez, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management Miami, Florida The authors did […]
Read MoreResidual neuromuscular block using rocuronium attenuates the acute hypoxic ventilatory response in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to preliminary data from a study presented at Euroanaesthesia 2015, the European Society of Anaesthesiology’s (ESA) annual meeting (abstract 1AP16-4). Historically, of course, OSA has been associated with significant respiratory complications during the postoperative recovery […]
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