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Authors: Annabi MS et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018 Feb 6. Calculating the projected aortic valve area may be better than the usual dobutamine stress echocardiographic criteria for identifying severe AS. Distinguishing between true severe aortic stenosis (AS) and pseudo-severe AS in patients with low gradient, low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and calculated low […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Glance, Laurent, G., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 6 – p 2017–2024 BACKGROUND: Under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, physician payment will be adjusted using a composite performance score that has 4 components, one of which is resource use. The objective of this exploratory study is to quantify […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Huang, Wen-Wen, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 5 – p 1666–1674 BACKGROUND: Surgical resection is the main treatment for patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but patients’ long-term outcome is still challenging. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of long-term survival in patients after lung […]
Read MorePatients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who underwent total joint arthroplasty and received higher levels of opioids had an increased risk for gastrointestinal complications, according to researchers. Those patients also experienced longer hospital lengths of stay, but they were less likely to develop pulmonary complications. This study, a retrospective analysis of a nationwide database, indicates […]
Read MoreIlioinguinal-transversus abdominis plane (I-TAP) block was shown to provide superior pain relief compared with a multimodal analgesic regimen in patients undergoing elective cesarean delivery, and to be associated with reduced use of high fentanyl doses, in a study published in Anaesthesia. In this prospective placebo-controlled triple-blind trial, investigators evaluated pain outcomes in 100 women who underwent […]
Read MoreThe presence of diabetes — both type 1 and type 2 — may be associated with a reduced risk for migraine, according to a long-term nationwide Norwegian study published in Cephalalgia. Study investigators evaluated patients with type 1 diabetes (n=7883) and type 2 diabetes (n=93,600) who were included in the Norwegian Prescription Database, the Norwegian National […]
Read MoreIntravenous saline use causes more kidney complications and decreases survival rates compared with balanced crystalloids (lactated Ringer’s solution or Plasma-Lyte A [Baxter]), according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tenn. The researchers found that patients experience better outcomes when given the balanced crystalloids, which most closely resemble components of the liquid part […]
Read MoreLondon-listed pharmaceutical group Hikma (HIK.L) said it was increasing its supply of hydromorphone to U.S. hospitals to help ease a shortage of injectable opioids used to treat patients. Injectable opioid painkillers, which hospitals use to manage pain after operations and in terminal illness, have been in short supply for more than a year largely due […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Levin, Phillip D., MB BChir et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 1, 2018 – Procalcitonin (PCT) measurement has been proposed to direct antibiotic use. We examined whether repeated PCT measurements (0, 6, and/or 12 hours) versus the initial measurement only (time 0) increased the sensitivity and specificity of PCT for diagnosing infection in intensive care […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Yan, Haiya, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 1, 2018 – BACKGROUND: Autologous transfusion of intraoperative cell salvage blood may be a potential method to decrease the need for allogeneic packed red blood cell transfusions after cesarean delivery, although there are limited data on the benefits of this method. This study evaluated the implementation of […]
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