AUTHORS: Xiao, Fei MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(6):p 1233-1240, December 2023. BACKGROUND: The dural puncture epidural (DPE) and the programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) techniques are recent innovations for labor analgesia. The optimal volume of PIEB during traditional epidural analgesia has been investigated previously but it is unknown whether these findings are applicable to […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Engoren, Milo MD, FCCM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(6):p 1216-1225, December 2023. BACKGROUND: After hospital discharge, patients who had sepsis have increased mortality. We sought to estimate factors associated with postdischarge mortality and how they vary with time after discharge. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of hospital survivors of sepsis using time-varying Cox […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Yagani, Seshagiribabu MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(6):p 1158-1166, December 2023. BACKGROUND: Lung interstitial edema is a clinically silent pathology that develops before overt pulmonary edema among pre-eclamptic women with severe features. Point-of-care lung ultrasonography (LUS) has been suggested as an accessible bedside tool that may identify lung interstitial edema before developing clinical signs […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Sadjadi, Mahan MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(6):p 1226-1232, December 2023. BACKGROUND: Sepsis remains the leading cause of mortality in critically ill patients, and mortality is increased when acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs. The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guideline recommends the implementation of supportive measures in patients at high risk for AKI. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Mases, Anna MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(6):p 1116-1126, December 2023. BACKGROUND: The best use of perioperative cardiac biomarkers assessment is still under discussion. Massive postoperative troponin surveillance can result in untenably high workloads and costs for health care systems and potentially harmful interventions for patients. In a cohort of patients at risk for […]
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