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Author: Peter Sullivan The Hill Antibody tests that determine if someone has had the coronavirus in the past should not be used for making decisions about people returning to work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says in new guidance. The CDC raised concerns with the accuracy of the tests and said that […]
Read MoreAuthors: David P. Fessell and Daniel Goleman Harvard Business Review The anesthesiologist’s beeper goes off — it’s an emergency call to place a breathing tube in a patient critically ill with coronavirus, a dangerous procedure due to the risk of viral transmission. Because of Covid-19, these calls are increasingly frequent; the intensity level in the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lumbreras-Marquez, Mario I. MBBS, MMSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 4 – p 857-868 BACKGROUND: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. While volumetric and gravimetric blood loss measurement techniques have been shown to increase PPH detection compared to visual estimation of blood […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: Orser, Beverley A. MD, PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1109-1110 Health care workers are committed to learning from each other to optimize the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses recently called […]
Read MoreEditors NEJM Journal Watch Diskectomy improves leg pain better than nonsurgical care in patients with chronic sciatica caused by lumbar disk herniation, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study. Nearly 130 patients with sciatica lasting 4 to 12 months were randomized to undergo microdiscectomy or standardized nonoperative care (followed by surgery as needed). At 6 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Peter Dockrill Science Alert Before we go any further, it’s worth pointing out the survey was conducted between late 2018 and early 2019 – nearly a year before the current COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world showed up, inevitably affecting how most of us think and feel about transmissible infections. Nonetheless, the findings make particularly sobering reading […]
Read MoreAuthor: Eric Raible docwirenews A new report highlights some of the potential cardiovascular complications a practitioner is likely to encounter when treating patients with the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). “COVID-19 is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2),” the researchers wrote. “While systemic inflammation and pulmonary complications can result in significant morbidity […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ruetzler, Kurt MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 BACKGROUND: Two-thirds of the US population is considered obese and about 8% morbidly obese. Obese patients may present a unique challenge to anesthesia clinicians in airway management. Videolaryngoscopes may provide better airway visualization, which theoretically improves intubation success. However, previous work in morbidly obese […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Brinck, Elina C. V. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 BACKGROUND: Severe pain often accompanies major spine surgery. Opioids are the cornerstone of postoperative pain management but their use can be limited by numerous side effects. Several studies claim that adjuvant treatment with intravenous (IV) ketamine reduces opioid consumption and pain after […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Antihypertensive treatment is associated with slightly lower risk for dementia or cognitive impairment, according to a JAMA meta-analysis. Researchers examined data from 12 randomized trials that compared cognitive outcomes between participants assigned to antihypertensive drugs and those randomized to controls (placebo, alternative […]
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