Author: Dr Clemens

Uncategorized Published - 5 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Inactivation of Prefrontal Cortex Attenuates Behavioral Arousal Induced by Stimulation of Basal Forebrain During Sevoflurane Anesthesia

AUTHORS: Dean, Jon G. PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 6 – p 1140-1152 BACKGROUND: Cholinergic stimulation of prefrontal cortex (PFC) can reverse anesthesia. Conversely, inactivation of PFC can delay emergence from anesthesia. PFC receives cholinergic projections from basal forebrain, which contains wake-promoting neurons. However, the role of basal […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
HAPPY JULY 4TH

We want to wish all of our readers a fun and safe Independent Day.

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Uncategorized Published - 4 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Cutting-Edge Technology in Perioperative Blood Glucose Monitoring

Authors: Lalitha Sundararaman, MD et al ASA Monitor June 2022, Vol. 86, 1–8. Diabetes mellitus is one of the top 10 causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Additionally, annual worldwide health care expenditure due to diabetes is $726 billion or more (Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2019;157:107843). Advancements in technologies that support diabetes management have greatly increased […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
What is a sleep apnea headache?

Author: Mary West MedicalNewsToday A sleep apnea headache involves pressing pain on both sides of the head. It usually happens in the morning after waking up. Unlike classical migraine headaches, sleep apnea headaches do not cause nausea and increased sensitivity to light and sound. According to older research sleep apnea — a condition where a person stops […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Procedural Sedation With Dexmedetomidine in Combination With Ketamine in the Emergency Department

AUTHORS: Charles GrC)goire et al J Emerg Med. 2022 May 9 BACKGROUND Dexmedetomidine is an alternative agent for procedural sedation in the emergency department thanks to its ability to maintain hemodynamic and respiratory stability. Dexmedetomidine must, however, be combined with a powerful analgesic. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to evaluate the quality and safety of procedural […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
An updated look at what cardiologists know about heart damage among COVID-19 patients

Author: Michael Walter  Cardiovascular Busyness Nurses caring for a COVID-19 patient in the COVID unit at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix. More than 25 months after COVID-19 was officially categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, researchers are still working to learn as much as possible about the cardiovascular side effects associated with infection. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Shingles and stress: Is there a link?

Author: Rachel Ann Tee-Melegrito MedicalNewsToday Significant stress is believed to trigger shingles by weakening the immune system, which leads to the reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) in the body. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral infection that causes a painful, stripe-shaped rash with small blisters to appear on one area […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 July, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Propofol versus midazolam sedation in patients with cardiogenic shock

AUTHORS: Clemens Scherer et al J Crit Care. 2022 May 5; PURPOSE Benzodiazepines are recommended as first line sedative agent in ventilated cardiogenic shock patients, although data regarding the optimal sedation strategy are sparse. The aim of this study was to investigate the hemodynamic effects of propofol versus midazolam sedation in our cardiogenic shock registry. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 June, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Comparison of the Analgesic Efficacy of Opioid-Sparing Multimodal Analgesia and Morphine-Based Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

AUTHORS: Jinseok Yeo et al World J Surg. 2022 May 8 BACKGROUND A multimodal analgesia (MMA) protocol has shown the effect of postoperative pain control and reduced the postoperative opioid consumption. However, it was questionable whether MMA could replace opioid-based patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for postoperative pain control. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether an […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 June, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Postoperative Delirium Severity and Recovery Correlate With Electroencephalogram Spectral Features

AUTHORS: Guay, Christian S. MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 13, 2022 BACKGROUND: Delirium is an acute syndrome characterized by inattention, disorganized thinking, and an altered level of consciousness. A reliable biomarker for tracking delirium does not exist, but oscillations in the electroencephalogram (EEG) could address this need. We evaluated whether the frequencies of EEG […]

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