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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Fenoldopam: Not for Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

Authors: Bove T et al., JAMA 2014 Sep 29; No difference between placebo and this renal vasodilator was seen, except for fenoldopam-associated hypotension. Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs after cardiac surgery and can increase costs, morbidity, and mortality. Effective strategies to prevent AKI have been elusive. Small, single-center trials and meta-analyses have suggested that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Stanford researcher creating a novel device to study pain

Academics hope to enhance a new mouse model created to better understand how pain is transmitted in the body. Ada Poon, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, is working as part of a team to build a wireless device that incorporates existing optogenetics research. Her work, as part of interdisciplinary efforts backed […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Comparison of intravenous lidocaine versus morphine in alleviating pain in patients with critical limb ischaemia

Published in Emerg Med J. 2014 Aug 21. pii: emermed-2014-203944. Authors: Vahidi E et al BACKGROUND: Numerous drugs have been proposed to alleviate ischaemic limb pain, but none have been successful in relieving ischaemic pain thoroughly and rapidly. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine and intravenous morphine in decreasing pain in patients with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: The effectiveness of ambulatory continuous peripheral nerve blocks for postoperative pain management in children and adolescents

Published in Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Nov;24(11):1141-8 Authors: Visoiu M et al BACKGROUND: Ambulatory continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) are feasible for pediatric patients. We sought to evaluate the efficacy of CPNBs in a pediatric population. METHODS: This retrospective report of 33-month prospectively collected data investigates patient, parent, and nurse pain control satisfaction score (PCSS), the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Eye Color a Potential Cue to Pain Tolerance

Physicians often flag patients with red hair, given its understood role as a biomarker for resistance to anesthetics; now, new research suggests that eye color may indicate how individuals will respond to pain as well. According to the results of a recent study involving 58 pregnant, white women—24 with dark-colored eyes (brown or hazel) and […]

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