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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Overcoming Obstacles: The Legacy of Fidel Pagés, Founder of the Epidural, 100 Years After His Passing

I thought this was very interesting so I wanted to share. AUTHORS: Chinn, Gregory A. MD, PhD; Gray, Andrew T. MD, PhD; Larson, Merlin D. MD Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 475-479, February 2024.  Abstract Fidel Pagés, a Spanish surgeon, tragically died in 1923 at the age of 37, just 2 years after his publication “Anestesia […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Trends in Anesthesiology

Seizures in amygdala could lead to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified a part of the brain that may be associated with breathing failure following a seizure in people with severe epilepsy that cannot be controlled with medication. This condition, known as sudden […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Clinical Outcomes, Blood Utilization, and Ethical Considerations for Pediatric Patients in a Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program

AUTHORS: Lo, Brian D. MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 465-474, February 2024. BACKGROUND: Pediatric patients requesting bloodless care represent a challenging clinical situation, as parents cannot legally refuse lifesaving or optimal interventions for their children. Here, we report clinical outcomes for the largest series of pediatric inpatients requesting bloodless care and also discuss the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
State-related Electroencephalography Microstate Complexity during Propofol- and Esketamine-Induced Unconsciousness

Authors: Zhenhu Liang, Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology December 2023. Background Identifying the state-related “neural correlates of consciousness” for anesthetics-induced unconsciousness is challenging. Spatiotemporal complexity is a promising tool for investigating consciousness. We hypothesized that spatiotemporal complexity may serve as a state-related but not drug-related EEG indicator during an unconscious state induced by different anesthetic drugs […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Remimazolam for Intravenous Anesthesia

Radius Anesthesia In July 2020, remimazolam, a novel short-acting drug, was approved in the US for procedural sedation in adults (1). Like midazolam (a common anesthetic adjunct), remimazolam is a benzodiazepine and operates by modulating γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor activity to induce cell membrane hyperpolarization, thereby inhibiting neural activity via an increase in chloride ion […]

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