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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiology September 2024, Vol. 141, A13–A15. A body-brain circuit that regulates body inflammatory responses. Nature 2024; 630:695–703. PMID: 38692285. Previous work has shown the significance of electrical stimulation of the vagal nerve to attenuate inflammation. To decipher how the brain regulates the body’s immune response, activities of neurons in the brain stems of mice were monitored […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiology August 2024, Vol. 141, A13–A15. Preoperative GLP-1 receptor agonist use and risk of postoperative respiratory complications. JAMA 2024; 331:1672–3. PMID: 38648036. Current guidance suggests that GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) receptor agonists be held preoperatively due to an increased risk of pulmonary complications, but large-scale data examining this risk have been missing. This retrospective observational study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Awake Total Neuromuscular Blockade as Experienced by Anesthesiologist Volunteers: Comment

Authors: Jeffrey Park, M.D.; Alan M Smeltz, M.D. Anesthesiology July 2024. d To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent follow-up by Schuller et al.  to the well-known study from 2015 demonstrating a decrease in modified encephalography values in unsedated volunteers given neuromuscular blocking agents.  In this update, the unsettling accounts experienced by study participants was […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Awake Total Neuromuscular Blockade as Experienced by Anesthesiologist Volunteers: Reply

Authors: Peter J. Schuller, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology July 2024. In Reply: We thank the authors for their comments and appreciate the opportunity to clarify several aspects of our study. The 12 to 15 ml/kg was not the volume of the first breath after sugammadex, but rather was the tidal volume required during paralysis to alleviate […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative Blood Pressures and the Physician Anesthesiologist

Author: Robert B. Schonberger, M.D., M.H.C.D.S. Anesthesiology August 2024, Vol. 141, 208–210. Physicians who have the opportunity to read the article “Association between Preoperative Blood Pressures and Postoperative Adverse Events” in this issue of Anesthesiology, written by a superb team from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) led by Dr. Walco under the senior authorship of Dr. Freundlich  may […]

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