Authors: Shahla Siddiqui, MD, MSc, FCCM et al ASA Monitor April 2022, Vol. 86, 40–41. Our institution, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, is a teaching tertiary referral academic hospital of Harvard Medical School. There are 673 licensed beds, including 493 medical/surgical beds. There are 77 critical care beds and 62 OB/GYN beds. The […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael R. Mathis, M.D. et al Anesthesiology August 2022. Background Postoperative hemodynamic deterioration among cardiac surgical patients can indicate or lead to adverse outcomes. Whereas prediction models for such events using electronic health records or physiologic waveform data are previously described, their combined value remains incompletely defined. The authors hypothesized that models incorporating electronic […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alparslan Turan, MD et al Anesthesiology August 2022. Background Intraoperative mechanical ventilation is a major component of general anesthesia. The extent to which various intraoperative tidal volumes and positive end-expiratory pressures (PEEP) on postoperative hypoxia and lung injury remains unclear. We hypothesized that adult patients having orthopedic surgery, ventilation using different tidal volumes and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Benjamin J. Marsh, MD et al Anesthesiology August 2022. Background Increasing wildfire activity worldwide has led to exposure to poor air quality and numerous detrimental health impacts. This study hypothesized an association between exposure to poor air quality from wildfire smoke and adverse respiratory events under general anesthesia in pediatric patients. Methods This was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Luis Sequera-Ramos, M.D. et al Anesthesiology August 2022 Background Sedated and awake tracheal intubation approaches are considered safest in adults with difficult airways, but little is known about the outcomes of sedated intubations in children. The primary aim of our study is to compare the first attempt success rate of tracheal intubation during sedated […]
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