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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Labor Analgesia Consumption and Time to Neuraxial Catheter Placement in Women with a History of Surgical Correction for Scoliosis: A Case-Matched Study

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2015 AUTHORS: Bauchat, Jeanette R. MD et BACKGROUND: Neuraxial analgesic techniques are the most effective form of labor analgesia. Small studies (9-21 patients), conducted 10 to 20 years ago, demonstrated successful neuraxial labor analgesia in only 50% to 66% of patients with surgical correction for scoliosis. Newer surgical techniques […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Care Transitions and Risk of Postoperative Complications

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2015 Authors: Hyder, Joseph A. MD, PhD et al BACKGROUND: A patient undergoing surgery may receive anesthesia care from several anesthesia providers. The safety of anesthesia care transitions has not been evaluated. Using unconditional and conditional multivariable logistic regression models, we tested whether the number of attending anesthesiologists involved […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mode of Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2015 Authors: Butwick, Alexander J. MBBS, FRCA, MS et BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic disparities have been identified in the provision of neuraxial labor analgesia. These disparities may exist in other key aspects of obstetric anesthesia care. We sought to determine whether racial/ethnic disparities exist in mode of anesthesia for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
The Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on Growth of Escherichia coli at Pseudosurgical Site: The Roles of the Lipocalin-2 Pathway.

Published in Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2015 Authors: Igarashi, Toru MD et al BACKGROUND: Neutrophil-derived lipocalin-2 exerts bacteriostatic effects through retardation of iron uptake by the Gram-negative organisms like Escherichia coli. We tested the hypothesis that the expression of lipocalin-2, a bacteriostatic protein, was upregulated by induction of surgical site infection (SSI) with E coli […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
High-Frequency SCS Raises Bar on Chronic Pain Relief

Patients with severe chronic pain who undergo implantation with an investigational high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) device show twice the magnitude of pain relief and remission compared with those receiving a conventional, lower-frequency SCS device, according to results from the first randomized clinical study of the technology. “Spinal cord stimulation has been used for approximately […]

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