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Uncategorized Published - 3 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Risk Stratification Index 3.0, a Broad Set of Models for Predicting Adverse Events During and After Hospital Admission

Authors: Scott Greenwald, PhD et al  Anesthesiology September 2022. Background Risk-stratification helps guide appropriate clinical care. Our goal was to develop and validate a broad suite of predictive tools based on ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural codes for predicting adverse events and care utilization outcomes for hospitalized patients. Methods Endpoints included unplanned hospital admissions, discharge status, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Teaching Airway Management Skills to Anesthesia Residents: Review and Future Directions

Authors: Igor Tkachenko, MD, PhD; Neha Dasmunshi, MD ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 25–26. To meet the challenges of evolving health care and medical education, the residency training curriculum undergoes changes at regular intervals by local and national graduate medical education oversight bodies. The recent pandemic significantly impacted learning opportunities for residents across all specialties. Teaching […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Differential Alterations to the Metabolic Connectivity of the Cortical and Subcortical Regions in Rat Brain During Ketamine-Induced Unconsciousness

AUTHORS: Chen, Yali MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 5 – p 1106-1114 BACKGROUND: Ketamine anesthesia increased glucose metabolism in most brain regions compared to another intravenous anesthetic propofol. However, whether the changes in cerebral metabolic networks induced by ketamine share the same mechanism with propofol remains to be […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2022-08: It’s All About the Airway. What Would You Do?

ASA Monitor August 2022, Vol. 86, 10–11. This month’s AIRS case reports are presented in a format that we have borrowed from NASA’s CALLBACK, which discusses events that have been entered into the Aviation Safety Reporting System. We will let you “interact” with the information given in two events that have been reported to AIRS. In […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 September, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Pediatric Airway Management: Unique Perspectives and New Thoughts

Author: Aman Kalra, MD ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 22–24. Adverse respiratory events are among the most common critical perioperative events in pediatric anesthesia. Proficient management of the pediatric airway requires thorough understanding of its unique anatomical and physiological characteristics (Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2009;53:1-9; Paediatr Anaesth 2012;22:1008-15; Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci 2014;4:65-70). These differences are […]

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