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Author: Kelly Wolfgang ASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 13. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, was initially developed as an extension of cardiopulmonary bypass to replace the function of the heart and lungs by pumping and oxygenating a patient’s blood outside the body. The procedure, once only able to be used for hours or days at […]
Read MoreASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 11–12. Trends Cardiovascular-related deaths in the US fall, but disparities remain A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported study found that cardiovascular-related deaths have declined over the past two decades, but disparities remain. Inequities are mostly driven by differences in race and ethnicity, geographic location, and access to care, among other […]
Read MoreAuthors: Spencer P. Walsh, M.D. et al Anesthesiology October 2022, Vol. 137, 473–483. After the landmark Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network study in 2000, the idea of low tidal volume (VT) ventilation spread through the critical care and anesthesiology communities. Studies have shown that positive-pressure ventilation contributes to lung inflammation and might predispose general surgery and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Felipe Muñoz-Leyva, M.D. et al Anesthesiology October 2022, Vol. 137, 459–470. Background An optimal opioid-sparing multimodal analgesic regimen to treat severe pain can enhance recovery after total knee arthroplasty. The hypothesis was that adding five recently described intravenous and regional interventions to multimodal analgesic regimen can further reduce opioid consumption. Methods In a double-blinded fashion, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kathleen Doheny Practical Pain Management A multimodal approach to therapy may help relieve the chronic pain that some individuals experience months after initial shingles infection. After a bout of shingles, many people recover well and leave the pain of the condition behind. But not all. And for those who don’t, life can get — […]
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