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Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 26, 2015 Tusman, Gerardo MD et al BACKGROUND: We sought to determine whether the response of pulmonary elimination of CO2 (VCO2) to a sudden increase in positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) could predict fluid responsiveness and serve as a noninvasive surrogate for cardiac index (CI). METHODS: Fifty-two patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery were […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: October 26, 2015 Brown, Rebecca BS et al BACKGROUND: It has been established that pain is frequently undertreated in children following outpatient surgery. Very few studies, however, have investigated this phenomenon in ethnically diverse populations. METHODS: This study included 105 families of children aged 2 to 15 years of Hispanic origin and […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: October 26, 2015 Miu Mihaela MD et al BACKGROUND: Surgical site infiltration with local anesthetic reduces analgesic requests in various types of surgeries. Because thyroid surgery may induce severe postoperative pain, we tested the hypothesis that ropivacaine surgical site infiltration would significantly decrease postoperative administration of morphine in patients undergoing thyroid surgery. […]
Read MoreThe American College of Chest Physicians has issued new guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolism (VTE), including guidance on use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants. Among the recently changed or added recommendations, published in Chest: For patients without cancer who have deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the leg or pulmonary embolism (PE), the guidelines […]
Read MoreCarol Peckham. Malpractice and Medicine: Who Gets Sued and Why? Medscape. Dec 08, The Scope of the Malpractice Problem Medscape surveyed almost 4000 primary care physicians and selected specialists to find out if and why they were sued and how the lawsuit affected their career and patient care decisions. Fifty-nine percent of respondents to the Medscape survey have been named in […]
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