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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Racial Disparities in the Use of Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia After Total Mastectomy

AUTHOPRS: Mazzeffi, Michael A. MD, MPH, MSc et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 1 – p 170-177 BACKGROUND: Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) are used to provide postoperative analgesia after total mastectomy. PNBs improve patient satisfaction and decrease postoperative opioid use, nausea, and vomiting. Few studies have examined whether there is […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Machine Learning-Based Models Predicting Outpatient Surgery End Time and Recovery Room Discharge at an Ambulatory Surgery Center

AUTHORS: Gabriel, Rodney A. MD, MAS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 1 – p 159-169 BACKGROUND: Days before surgery, add-ons may be scheduled to fill unused surgical block time at an outpatient surgery center. At times, outpatient surgery centers have time limitations for end of block time and discharge […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
A Prospective, Cohort Study of the Effect of Acute and Chronic Malnutrition on Length of Stay in Children Having Surgery in Rwanda

AUTHORS: Seneza, Celestin MD, MMed et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 1 – p 152-158 BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in pediatric surgical patients, but there are little data from low-income countries that estimate the association of malnutrition with surgical outcomes. We aimed to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Emergency Subglottic Airway Training and Assessment of Skills Retention of Attending Anesthesiologists With Simulation Mastery-Based Learning

AUTHORS: Clark, Carlee A. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 1 – p 143-151 BACKGROUND: Although included within the American Society of Anesthesiologists difficult airway algorithm, the use of “invasive airway access” is rarely needed clinically. In conjunction with highly associated morbidity and liability risks, it is a challenge […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Presurgical Thalamus Volume in Postoperative Delirium

AUTHORS: Fislage, Marinus PhD student et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 1 – p 136-142 BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest a role of the thalamus in cognitive function, while others implicate it as a central effect site of anesthetics. Yet, its role in postoperative neurocognition in the aging brain remains uncertain. […]

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