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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Cardiac surgeons perform the world’s first partial heart transplant

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Surgeons with Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina, have made a bit of history, performing what is believed to be the world’s very first partial heart transplant in a neonate congenital heart patient. The patient was a newborn baby, Owen Monroe, who was born with truncus arteriosus. Owen’s two main […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Thrombosis-Related Loss of Arterial Lines in the First Wave of COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Patients

AUTHORS: Zon, Rebecca L. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 11, 2022 BACKGROUND: Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can present with severe respiratory distress requiring intensive care unit (ICU)–level care. Such care often requires placement of an arterial line for monitoring of pulmonary disease progression, hemodynamics, and laboratory tests. During the first wave of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Team Characteristics, Airway Securement Success, and Clinical Outcomes

AUTHORS: Vinciya Pandian et al Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2022 Oct 2 34894221123124 OBJECTIVE To investigate whether implementation of a multidisciplinary airway team was associated with improvement in (1) rate of successful airway securement at first attempt; (2) time to secure airway; and (3) overall complication rate in patients with a difficult airway, as compared […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
External Validation of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Placenta Accreta Spectrum

AUTHORS: Singh, Shubhangi MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 06, 2022 BACKGROUND: Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a disorder of abnormal placentation associated with severe postpartum hemorrhage, maternal morbidity, and mortality. Predelivery prediction of this condition is important to determine appropriate delivery location and multidisciplinary planning for operative management. This study aimed to validate a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Methamphetamine: What you should know

This is important because we often have to give anesthesia to pts on methamphetamines. Author: Kathleen Davis FNP MedicalNewsToday Methamphetamine is a highly addictive and illegal psychostimulant drug similar to amphetamine. People use it for its powerful euphoric effects, which are similar to those of cocaine. Methamphetamine increases the levels of naturally occurring dopamine and norepinephrine […]

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