Author: Dr Clemens

Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Women Anesthesiologists in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Pre-COVID Era

AUTHORS: Ki, Bertille K. MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia February 01, 2024.  BACKGROUND:  Gender imbalance and poor representation of women complicate the anesthesiology workforce crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study was performed to obtain a better understanding of gender disparity among medical graduates and anesthesiologists in SSA. METHODS: Using a quantitative, participatory, insider […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
A Prospective Cohort Study of Acute Pain and In-Hospital Opioid Consumption After Cardiac Surgery

AUTHORS: Pagé, M. Gabrielle PhD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: Understanding the association of acute pain intensity and opioid consumption after cardiac surgery with chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) can facilitate implementation of personalized prevention measures to improve outcomes. The objectives were to (1) examine acute pain intensity and daily mg morphine […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
High Neuraxial Block in Obstetrics

AUTHORS: Beenakkers, Ingrid C. M. MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: High neuraxial block is a rare but serious adverse event in obstetric anesthesia that can ultimately lead to respiratory insufficiency and cardiac arrest. Previous reports on its incidence are limited to populations in the United Kingdom and the United States. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Public Health Informatics and the Perioperative Physician: Looking to the Future

Author: Mudumbai, Seshadri C. MD, MS et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 253-272, February 2024. Abstract The role of informatics in public health has increased over the past few decades, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the critical importance of aggregated, multicenter, high-quality, near-real-time data to inform decision-making by physicians, hospital systems, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity’s Deadliest Diseases

By Lam Andrew, M.D. Dallas, Texas,  BenBella Books, Inc.2023. Pages: 370. ISBN 9781637742631 Hardcover. ISBN 9781637742648 eBook. Price: $31.95 (Hardcover). Author: Kathryn Elizabeth McGoldrick, M.D., F.C.A.I. (Hon.). Anesthesiology January 2024. The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity’s Deadliest Diseases by Andrew Lam, M.D., is an outstanding addition to the medical […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Mentorship Matters

Author: Delbert J. Lamb, MD ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 24. It was not so long ago that I had the privilege to give a talk on COVID-19 and the Native American response at a Society for Pediatric Anesthesia conference. It was even more recently, in March 2022, that I wrote about my journey to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
The states where physicians are most affected by medical malpractice

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review West Virginia is the state most affected by medical practice, according to a December report from Forbes Advisor. Forbes found the states most affected by medical malpractice by analyzing adverse action reports, medical malpractice reports and total medical malpractice payouts. Here are the 10 states most affected by medical malpractice: State […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Robotic Anesthesia: A Vision for 2050

Author: Hemmerling, Thomas M. MD, MSc, DEAA, Jeffries, Sean D. MSc Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 239-251, February 2024 Abstract The last 2 decades have brought important developments in anesthetic technology, including robotic anesthesia. Anesthesiologists titrate the administration of pharmacological agents to the patients’ physiology and the needs of surgery, using a variety of sophisticated equipment (we […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Serum neurofilament light and postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery

Authors: Céline Khalifa, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology January 2024. Background Impaired cognition is a major predisposing factor for postoperative delirium but it is not systematically assessed. Anesthesia and surgery may cause postoperative delirium by affecting brain integrity. Neurofilament light in serum reflects axonal injury. Studies evaluating the perioperative course of neurofilament light in cardiac surgery […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
The Association of Guideline-Directed Prophylaxis With Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Adult Patients

AUTHORS: Andrew, Benjamin Y. MD, MHS et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: Consensus guidelines for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) prophylaxis recommend a risk-based approach in which the number of antiemetics administered is based on a preoperative estimate of PONV risk. These guidelines have been adapted by the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group […]

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