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By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Here are some of the latest developments on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Early self-proning: Having COVID-19 patients self-prone in the emergency department could help improve oxygen saturation, suggests a study in Academic Emergency Medicine. Fifty patients presenting to a New York City ED […]
Read MoreBy Kristin J. Kelley The FDA has approved the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin (Farxiga) to lower the risk for cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The indication is for adults, regardless of whether they have type 2 diabetes. Approval was based on results from […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News In a little more than four months, the novel coronavirus has disrupted lives, financial markets, medical meetings and travel plans around the world. So how can anesthesiologists and the institutions in which they work protect themselves and other patients from the novel virus? In a recent communication, the Anesthesia Patient […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Burk, Kyle M. MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 715-724 BACKGROUND: Supplemental oxygen is administered during procedural sedation to prevent hypoxemia. Continuous flow oxygen, the most widespread method, is generally adequate but distorts capnography. Pulsed flow oxygen is novel and ideally will not distort […]
Read MoreAuthors: Davide Cattano, MD, PhD, FASA et al Anesthesiology News Opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) has been recognized as one of the most dramatic and serious complications from the perioperative use of opioid analgesics. Current international efforts to publicize to the lay public the potential effects of misusing opioids, such as the risk for addiction, have […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Maheshwari, Kamal MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 636-643 BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium is common in critically ill patients, with a reported incidence of 11%–43%, and is associated with significant morbidity and cost. Perioperative hypotension and consequent brain hypoperfusion may contribute. We, therefore, tested the […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Findings from several trials of remdesivir for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were announced on Wednesday. The National Institutes of Health reported preliminary findings from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous remdesivir in nearly 1100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 with lung involvement, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kaitlyn D’Onofrio docwirenews The effects of COVID-19 range from presenting no symptoms at all to death. As experts try to determine what patient factors may affect disease severity and mortality risk from patient to patient, a new study assessed the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and severity of […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Park, Sun-Kyung MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 787-795 BACKGROUND: Spinal anesthesia using a surface landmark–guided technique can be challenging in patients with anatomical alterations of the lumbar spine; however, it is unclear whether using ultrasonography can decrease the technical difficulties in these populations. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Bombardieri, Anna Maria MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 777-786 BACKGROUND: Electroencephalographic (EEG) brain monitoring during general anesthesia provides information on hypnotic depth. We hypothesized that anesthesia clinicians could be trained rapidly to recognize typical EEG waveforms occurring with volatile-based general anesthesia. METHODS: […]
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