Authors: Oladinni D et al Pract Pain Manag. 2023 May/June;23(3). Background There are approximately 100,000 people living with sickle cell disease in the United States and millions more globally. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is even more prevalent and occurs in 1 million to 3 million US adults, with an occurrence rate of 8% to 10% […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tetef S. Pract Pain Manag. 2023 May/June;23(3). There is a compelling connection between EDS and chronic pain syndromes, and the missing link may be connective tissue disease. A clinical perspective and review. Introduction The primary objective of this review is to provide a connection between Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sergio Lassola, M.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2023. To the Editor: Recently, evaluation of the diaphragm by means of ultrasound has become popular. The increase in diaphragm thickness during inspiration (thickening fraction) has been proposed as a noninvasive bedside measure of diaphragm function although previous studies have reported wide variability between thickening, inspiratory effort, and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Aiman Suleiman, M.D., M.Sc.; et al Anesthesiology May 2023. To the Editor: We read the article by Turan et al. with great interest and would like to congratulate the authors on conducting this large, important, factorial trial. The authors found that neither a “high” (8 cm H2O) positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), nor a low (6 ml/kg) tidal volume […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alparslan Turan, M.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2023. In Reply: Suleiman et al. assert that driving pressure and mechanical power (because of increased respiratory rate in low tidal volume groups) may be more important determinants of perioperative lung injury and postoperative pulmonary complications than tidal volume and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). We used a factorial cluster […]
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