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Uncategorized Published - 16 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Combined Arterial Hypertension and Ischemic Stroke Exaggerate Anesthesia-Related Hypotension and Cerebral Oxygenation Deficits

Authors: Zhang, Tracy MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia November 09, 2022. Background: Intraoperative arterial hypotension (IOH) is a common side effect of general anesthesia (GA), associated with poor outcomes in ischemic stroke. While IOH is more prevalent with hypertension, it is unknown whether IOH may differ when GA is induced during ischemic stroke, versus […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Multimodal Analgesic for Knee Arthroplasty: Comment

Authors: Qiuru Wang, M.D. et al Anesthesiology January 2023. To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Felipe Muñoz-Leyva et al.  entitled “No Benefits of Adding Dexmedetomidine, Ketamine, Dexamethasone, and Nerve Blocks to an Established Multimodal Analgesic Regimen after Total Knee Arthroplasty” published in the July 2022 issue of Anesthesiology. We appreciate the authors’ great […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
2023 President’s Report: The Continued Quest “that no one shall be harmed by anesthesia care”

Author: Dan Cole, MD Anesthesia Patent Safety Foundations Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023  I don’t need to tell anyone reading this article that it has been quite a year in health care. With an environment defined by political polarization and its intersection with COVID, health and health care disparities, tenuous health care economics, burnout, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Modulation of Cerebral Function by Muscle Afferent Activity, with Reference to Intravenous Succinylcholine

Author: William L. Lanier, M.D. Anesthesiology February 2023, Vol. 138, 209–215. Cerebral Function and Muscle Afferent Activity Following Intravenous Succinylcholine in Dogs Anesthetized with Halothane: The Effects of Pretreatment with a Defasciculating Dose of Pancuronium. By WL Lanier, PA Iaizzo, and JH Milde. Anesthesiology 1989; 71:87–95. Reprinted with permission.By the mid-1980s, it was widely assumed that if […]

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Uncategorized Published - 15 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
ffect of 5% EMLA Cream on Postoperative Sore Throat in Adults Following General Endotracheal Anesthesia

AUTHORS: Murugaiyan, Abishek MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 338-345, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Postoperative sore throat (POST) is a distressing complaint in adults after endotracheal intubation. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of topical application of a eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) cream over the endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff on the incidence and […]

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