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It is important for those in the anesthesiology community to work together to improve infection control practices and to prevent the occurrence of infections linked to the practice of anesthesiology. That was the message from a session (“Infection Control Issues Impacting Anesthesia Practice: What’s the Evidence?”) held at the recent New York State Society of […]
Read MoreInjection of local anesthetic into part of the trigeminal nerve under fluoroscopic guidance is being used to treat migraine and other headaches. A new study showed that numbing the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) with the aid of fluoroscopy improved headache pain by about a third, said lead researcher Kenneth Mandato, MD, assistant professor, Interventional Radiology, Albany […]
Read MoreNurses in the operating room will soon be able to access best practices with a simple tap on a tablet, using new technology to replace what has been for many an inefficient system of monitoring guidelines with paper and pencil. “You can imagine what it would be like to monitor 12, 15 cases a day, […]
Read MoreI thought this was very interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Karen Sibert, MD American anesthesiology reached a significant milestone last year, though many of us probably missed it at the time. In February, 2014, the number of nurse anesthetists in the United States for the first time exceeded the […]
Read MoreDespite technological advances that have substantially improved the safety of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in recent years, the risk for fatal gas embolism from insufflating gas—although extremely rare—is still present. In fact, a study by a University of Florida, Gainesville, research team has concluded that when the flush button is depressed on a popular manufacturer’s endoscope, […]
Read MoreGeneral anesthetics, despite differences among them at the molecular level, modulate ligand-gated ion channels in a highly generalized fashion. A coarse-grained simulation model of this behavior now offers valuable insights into common molecular mechanisms of anesthetic action. Joshua Mincer, MD, PhD, assistant professor, and Thomas T. Joseph, MD, PhD, CA-2 resident and an Eliasberg Research […]
Read MoreOnce thought to be an isolated perioperative phenomenon, QTc prolongation seems to be common during surgery under general and spinal—but not local—anesthesia, a study has found. Additionally, the relative risk for extended QTc prolongation is more than five times greater with general anesthesia than with spinal. “QTc prolongation is an indicator of abnormal cardiac repolarization,” […]
Read MoreThe risk for rare but potentially catastrophic neurological injuries from epidural steroid injections (ESIs) can be substantially reduced if anesthesiologists and other clinicians follow specific safety measures, according to members of a consensus panel representing 13 national medical organizations. “We acknowledge that catastrophic neurologic injuries can and do occur during epidural steroid injections. The actual […]
Read MoreGenetic factors help to explain the commonly found association between low back pain and depression, according to a large study of twins published in the journal Pain. Genetic factors affecting both conditions may be involved in the association between back pain and depression. For the study, Marina B. Pinheiro, MD, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, […]
Read MoreAlthough sedatives are often administered before surgery, a randomised trial finds that among patients undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia, receiving lorazepam before surgery, compared with placebo or no premedication, did not improve the self-reported patient experience the day after surgery, but was associated with longer time till extubation and a lower rate of early […]
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