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Authors: David W. Corpman, MD; Linda L. Liu, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Oct 2023 Intraoperative equipment failures are increasingly rare events, but may cause serious harm based on an analysis of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims database.1 Pre-anesthesia checkout procedures strive to make these events preventable, but certain failures cannot be prevented […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jake Israel MD, Jeff Gudin MD. Pract Pain Manage. 2023 July/August 23(4). Test your clinical knowledge on the utility of spinal cord stimulation for treating diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Neuropathy and Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Brief Background Diabetes is the fourth most common disease worldwide, affecting 5.9% of the world’s population.1 A common complication of the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dibash Kumar Das, PhD; Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor October 2023, Vol. 87, 1–4. Migraine is a highly prevalent and debilitating condition affecting approximately 10%-15% of the population (Rev Neurol Aug 2023; Lancet 2012;380:2163-96). A migraine is a severe headache lasting up to 72 hours, accompanied by symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and hypersensitivity to light and sound. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lars Heubner, MD et al Anesthesiology October 2023. Background The direct thrombin inhibitor argatroban is indicated for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia II, but it is also used off-label to treat critically ill patients presenting with heparin resistance, severe antithrombin deficiency or hypercoagulability. Direct drug monitoring is not routinely available and argatroban dosing is […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kathleen Doheny Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 Eight weekly sessions, each 2.5 hours, helped older adults develop a “friendlier” relationship with chronic pain. Mindfulness meditation has been recommended as a nonpharmacological approach to managing chronic pain, but there has been a lack of evidence in older adults. A University of Michigan study […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nasir Hussain, M.D., M.Sc. et al Anesthesiology October 2023, Vol. 139, 444–461. Background The analgesic effectiveness of contemporary motor-sparing nerve blocks used in combination for analgesia in total knee arthroplasty is unclear. This network meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the analgesic effectiveness of adding single-injection or continuous adductor canal block (ACB) with or without infiltration […]
Read MoreAuthor: Felipe Urdaneta, MD, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Oct 2023 There has been tremendous growth and progress in airway management in the past four decades, despite an increase in high-risk groups such as patients of extreme size and weight, trauma, and obstructive sleep apnea, to name a few.1 The introduction and refinement and widespread adoption […]
Read MoreAuthor: Amy Demyan, PhD, RYT et al Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often occurs in individuals with chronic pain at a greater rate compared to individuals without pain.1,2 A key factor known to increase the risk of the development of PTSD in people with chronic pain is trauma exposure in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mark Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE Pain Management Pharmacist Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 A patient is taking more than one medication, what could possibly go wrong? Back in the day, pharmacists had a reputation for adding drugs to a patient’s ever-growing list of maintenance medications. But these days, most pharmacists are […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s Spine Review A lawsuit filed against Morgantown. W.Va.-based J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital accuses an anesthesiologist of negligence during a 2021 spinal surgery, The Dominion Post reported Oct. 3. On Oct. 8, 2021, David Gentry underwent a spinal procedure requiring anesthesia. He allegedly suffered severe skin-tear injuries to his shoulder, arms and elbow after […]
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