Author: Dr Clemens

Uncategorized Published - 7 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Duloxetine and Subacute Pain after Knee Arthroplasty when Added to a Multimodal Analgesic Regimen: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Triple-blinded Trial

Authors: Jacques T. YaDeau, M.D., Ph.D. et al Commentary: Duloxetine for Subacute Pain Management after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Should We Write It Off or Reevaluate? Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 561-572. Background: Duloxetine is effective for chronic musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain, but there are insufficient data to recommend the use of antidepressants for postoperative pain. The authors hypothesized that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Modified Nasal Trumpet for Airway Management

Authors: Uzung Yoon, M.D., M.P.H. et al     Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 596. A DOUBLE modified nasopharyngeal airway connected to a breathing circuit to assist ventilation could be a great rescue airway technique. This setup provides unobstructed spontaneous ventilation, end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring, continuous positive airway pressure, and assisted ventilation as needed.1  A modified nasopharyngeal airway […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Combined Spinal Epidural Technique for Labor Analgesia Does Not Delay Recognition of Epidural Catheter Failures: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort Survival Analysis

Authors: Jessica M. Booth, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 516-524. Background: It is unclear whether recognition of epidural catheter failures is delayed with combined spinal epidural technique (CSE) compared to traditional epidural technique (EPID) when used for labor analgesia. The authors hypothesized that recognition of failed catheters is not delayed by CSE. Methods: Anesthetic, obstetric, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Single-dose Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Regional Anesthesia: A Retrospective Registry Analysis

Authors: Hagen Bomberg, M.D. et al      Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 505-515. Background: Catheter-related infection is a serious complication of continuous regional anesthesia. The authors tested the hypothesis that single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with a lower incidence of catheter-related infections. Methods: Our analysis was based on cases in the 25-center German Network for Regional Anesthesia database recorded […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Electronically Mediated Time-out Initiative to Reduce the Incidence of Wrong Surgery: An Interventional Observational Study

Authors: Brian S. Rothman, M.D. et al      Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 484-494. Background: “Wrong surgery” is defined as wrong site, wrong operation, or wrong patient, with estimated incidence up to 1 per 5,000 cases. Responding to national attention on wrong surgery, our objective was to create a care redesign intervention to minimize the rate of wrong […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of Intralipid® on the Dose of Ropivacaine or Levobupivacaine Tolerated by Volunteers: A Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Study

Authors: Pauline Dureau, M.D. et al Commentary: Lipid Emulsion in Local Anesthetic Toxicity: Long-winded, Rude, and Right Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 474-483. Background: Rapid intravenous administration of lipid emulsion has become the standard treatment of severe local anesthetic systemic toxicity. This experiment in volunteers aimed at determining the effect of Intralipid® administration on the time to neurologic symptoms. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Epiglottitis: It Hasn’t Gone Away

Authors: J. Lance Lichtor, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 6 2016, Vol.124, 1404-1407. Due to the potentially unforgiving nature of epiglottitis and supraglottitis, the clinician should have a firm understanding of the presentation, work up, and management of a patient presenting with worrisome symptoms. George Washington, the United States’ first president, 2 yr after leaving office on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Phase IIb Trial of Avoidance of Hyperoxemia during Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Authors: Shay P. McGuinness, M.B.Ch.B. et al      Commentary: Oxygen Therapy: When Is Too Much Too Much? Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 465-473. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000001226 Background: Cardiac surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is one of the most common forms of major surgery. Cardiac surgery–associated multiorgan dysfunction (CSA-MOD) is well recognized and includes acute kidney injury (AKI), hepatic impairment, myocardial damage, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Visual Loss in Spine Fusion Surgery: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in the United States from 1998 to 2012 in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Authors: Daniel S. Rubin, M.D. et al Commentary: Good News: But Why Is the Incidence of Postoperative Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Falling? Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 457-464. Background: Perioperative ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) causes visual loss in spinal fusion. Previous case–control studies are limited by study size and lack of a random sample. The purpose of this study was […]

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