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 […]
Read MoreASA 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 […]
Read MoreAuthor: 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 […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: 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 […]
Read MoreAuthors: 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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