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Authors: Suen, Colin M. MD, PhD*,†; Hui, David S. C. MBBS‡; Memtsoudis, Stavros G. MD, PhD§; Chung, Frances MBBS*,† Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p 318-322 As health care providers tackle the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many questions have arisen regarding management of populations at increased risk […]
Read MoreBy Denise Baez DG Alerts Use of tocilizumab and anakinra to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cytokine storm yield mixed results, with early identification and treatment of cytokine storm before intubation being more important than which anti-inflammatory agent is used, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. “Prompt identification and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matt O’Connor Health Imaging News Unresponsive patients infected with COVID-19 have a better chance of regaining consciousness than previously assumed, according to new research published in the Annals of Neurology. Massachusetts General Hospital doctors performed standard brain imaging tests and resting-state functional MRI in a 47-year-old man who slipped between coma and minimal consciousness […]
Read MoreAuthor: Lisa Ryan ideastream A new study published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine warns that health care providers may be experiencing increased burnout due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist and study co-author Dr. Praveen Chahar said provider burnout isn’t new, but dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has caused even more stress. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Fusco, Pierfrancesco MD; Petroni, Gian Marco MD; Di Carlo, Stefano MD; Tullj, Stefania MD; Arcangeli, Valentina MD; Marinangeli, Franco PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e96-e97 To the Editor We read with great interest the open mind of Abd-Elsayed and Karri,1 which highlights the fact that health care […]
Read MoreAuthors: L Vittori, Alessandro MD*; Lerman, Jerrold MD, FRCPC, FANZCA†; Cascella, Marco MD‡; Gomez-Morad, Andrea D. MD§; Marchetti, Giuliano MD*; Marinangeli, Franco MD, PhD‖; Picardo, Sergio G. MD* Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 117-119 At the end of 2019, the Health Committee of Wuhan alerted the World Health […]
Read MoreDG Alerts The presence of leukoencephalopathy and/or cerebral microbleeds is associated with critical illness, increased mortality, and worse functional outcome in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Shashank Agarwal, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, and colleagues said that their findings, published in the journal Stroke, could shed light on the pathophysiology of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yang, Yao-Lin MD; Huang, Ching-Hsuan MD; Luk, Hsiang-Ning MD, PhD; Tsai, Phil B. MD, MPH Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e97-e99 To the Editor We read with interest the recent article by Brown et al,1 titled “Barrier System for Airway Management of COVID-19 Patients,” which described the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Nicoletta Lanese LifeScience “All studies come with limits, and basically what we’re trying to do is provide a very high-level overview” of the data currently available, said author Dr. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiologist and physician-researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “The report provides a signal of hope that CP is beneficial, although […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Hypertension is associated with a much greater risk of dying from COVID-19, according to new research published in European Heart Journal. The study’s authors noted that outcomes improved when patients took antihypertensive medications as recommended. The study included data from more than 2,800 patients who were treated for COVID-19 at facility […]
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