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Having one or more anesthesiologists present during mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke optimizes hemodynamics, improves periprocedural complications and facilitates the transition of care, a recent study concluded, prompting the recommendation that an anesthesiologist should be present routinely during endovascular treatment. “Both anesthetic modality and hemodynamic management are potential contributors to clinical outcomes after mechanical […]
Read MoreFollowing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, preoperative diastolic pressure was more closely associated with failed extubation at 24 hours than systolic or mean blood pressure, according to a study of a large sample of cardiac surgery patients. “This relationship is statistically significant when interpreted as a linear regression model,” said lead investigator Christos Koutentis, MB ChB, an […]
Read MoreIn patients with intractable spine and limb pain, spinal stimulation (SS) was associated with better pain reduction than medical therapy, with newer stimulation technology having better effects than conventional stimulation. This research was presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, held in Vancouver, Canada. Tim Lamer and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in […]
Read MoreCMS recently announced that targeted reviews of certain 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System performance scores resulted in a number of individuals and practices avoiding a penalty and, in some cases, being eligible for a positive payment adjustment. The calculating errors, first noticed by CMS in the Spring, mostly affected non-anesthesiologists. Those errors included the application of the […]
Read MoreResearchers from Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants in Charlotte, N.C., have gone to great lengths, combing through 97,815 case files in a 16-year-old database containing 150,000 patients, in an effort to understand causes of perianesthetic death in children. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting in October 2017, the study revealed death rates and causes of perianesthetic […]
Read MoreAlthough epidural blockade is very effective in providing analgesia in laboring women, unilateral blockade can result in inadequate analgesia. Now, however, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto have found that a thermal imaging camera can be used for fast, noninvasive and objective detection of temperature asymmetry in patients with unilateral epidural […]
Read MoreThis has nothing to do with anesthesia however I thought our readers might like reading it since so many of us are trying to lose weight. A rise in body temperature directly affects brain cells that regulate eating. Exercise suppresses eating by heating up a region of the brain called the hypothalamus, according to a […]
Read MoreOpioids and sedatives may represent independent and additive predictors of cardiopulmonary and respiratory arrest (CPRA) in people undergoing medical or surgical procedures, according to a study published in PLoS One. For this study, researchers conducted a retrospective database analysis of 14,504,809 medical (mean age, 57.7 years) and 6,771,882 surgical (mean age, 56.4 years) inpatient discharges reported […]
Read MoreA new automated text messaging service may curb opioid abuse and reduce the likelihood of relapse while also decreasing treatment costs, according to a study published in NEJM Catalyst. The service provides automated text messages and phone calls to patients being treated for opioid addiction. Such messages ask patients if they’re feeling OK or struggling with […]
Read MoreThe American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) applauds the Senate for the passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act (“OCRA”), a bill that includes several bipartisan provisions supported by ASA that will help address the nation’s ongoing opioid abuse epidemic. In particular, ASA commends the Senate for the inclusion of the provision that would provide technical […]
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