Authors: Dohlman, Lena E et al Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 35(5):p 647-653, October 2022. Purpose of review Perioperative anesthesia-related mortality is significantly higher in low-resource compared to high-resource countries. Regional anesthesia techniques can provide safety, cost, and access benefits when compared to general anesthesia in these settings but is underutilized primarily due to a lack of […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Mario Gómez Duque, Ronald Medina, Cesar Enciso, Edgar Beltran Respir Care. 2022 Nov 22 BACKGROUND Sedation in intensive care is fundamental for optimizing clinical outcomes. For many years the world has been facing high rates of opioid use, and to combat the increasing opioid addiction plans at both national and international […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gong, Selena BhSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 251-261, February 2023. Abstract BACKGROUND: Several frailty screening tools have been shown to predict mortality and complications after surgery. However, these tools were developed for in-person evaluation and cannot be used during virtual assessments before surgery. The FRAIL (fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illness, and loss of weight) […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhong, John W. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia November 29, 2022. BACKGROUND: The nasopharynx is an easily accessible core-temperature monitoring site, but insufficient or excessive nasopharyngeal probe insertion can underestimate core temperature. Our goal was to estimate optimal nasopharyngeal probe insertion depth as a function of age. METHODS: We enrolled 157 pediatric patients […]
Read MoreAuthors: Thamjamrassri, Thanyalak MD et al Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 34(4):p 384-391, October 2022. Background: The relationship between cerebral autoregulation and outcomes in pediatric complex mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is unknown, and explored in this study. Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study of patients aged 0 to 18 years hospitalized with complex mild TBI […]
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