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Uncategorized Published - 24 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Predicting Intensive Care Delirium with Machine Learning: Model Development and External Validation

Authors: Kirby D. Gong, M.S.E. et al  Anesthesiology March 2023, Vol. 138, 299–311. Background Delirium poses significant risks to patients, but countermeasures can be taken to mitigate negative outcomes. Accurately forecasting delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) patients could guide proactive intervention. Our primary objective was to predict ICU delirium by applying machine learning to clinical […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2022-12: Knowledge is Power, But How to Keep Up?

ASA Monitor December 2022, Vol. 86, 19–20. A 76-year-old male was found to have multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia at a community hospital. He was started on a lidocaine infusion and transferred to a tertiary care hospital for an emergent cardiac ablation. Previous medical history included congestive heart failure secondary to non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with an ejection […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Managing Long COVID Syndrome

Author: Thanthullu Vasu M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B., F.R.C.A., F.F.P.M.R.C.A., tfm Publishing Limited 2022  Pages: 310. ISBN-13: 978-1913755201. ISBN-10: 1913755207. Price: $32.49. Anesthesiology February 2023. The textbook titled Managing Long COVID Syndrome is an educational and tractable reference for not only medical providers, but also the general public. This is one of the first texts dedicated to long COVID […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Analgesic Effectiveness and Dorsal Root Ganglia Protein Modulation of a Peripheral Adenosine Monophosphate Kinase Alpha Activator (O304) Following Lumbar Disk Puncture in the Mouse

AUTHORS: Das, Vaskar PhD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 135(6):p 1293-1303, December 2022. BACKGROUND: Disk herniation is a primary cause of radicular back pain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antiallodynic effective dose in 50% of the sample (ED50) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) protein modulation of a peripheral direct adenosine monophosphate kinase […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Performance of Noninvasive Airway Occlusion Maneuvers to Assess Lung Stress and Diaphragm Effort in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients

Authors: Heder J. de Vries, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology March 2023, Vol. 138, 274–288. Background Monitoring and controlling lung stress and diaphragm effort has been hypothesized to limit lung injury and diaphragm injury. The occluded inspiratory airway pressure (Pocc) and the airway occlusion pressure at 100 ms (P0.1) have been used as noninvasive methods to assess […]

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