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I am trying to make our readers laugh in these difficult times. Author: Dr 99 Pandemic coronavirus, COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands infected. Sports suspended. Nations on lockdown. Social distancing. Markets crashing. And it’s only just begun. Yet somehow amidst all of this, Anesthesia is amazed they haven’t been blamed for any of this. “It was […]
Read MoreAuthor: Gina Shaw Anesthesiology News Gabapentin and ketamine in the spotlight One is an anticonvulsant first approved in the 1990s to treat seizures that has been heavily promoted in recent years for dozens of off-label uses, in many cases leading to widespread abuse. The other is a five-decade staple of anesthesiology, battle-tested during the Vietnam […]
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: […]
Read MoreBy Denise Baez SOURCE: American Society of Anesthesiologists, The Lancet Infectious Diseases We cover placing multiple patients on a single ventilator and the clinical and epidemiological features of 36 children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Zhejiang, China. Sharing mechanical ventilators should not be attempted because it cannot be done safely with current equipment, according […]
Read MoreAuthor: David Wild Anesthesiology News Researchers in China are warning that the virus causing the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19, which has affected over 115,000 people and killed more than 4,000 globally, can potentially be transmitted through feces. The reports, published online in Gastroenterology, found that more than 50% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have the virus […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News The FDA approved amisulpride (Barhemsys, Acacia Pharma Group) for the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients who have failed previous antiemetic prophylaxis, according to a release from the company. The treatment is also approved for the prevention of PONV, either alone or in combination with an antiemetic of a different […]
Read MoreAuthor: Christina Frangou Anesthesiology News Most Cases Involve Physicians With No History of Abusive Behavior A new study looking at the root causes of disruptive behavior at a single hospital found that most reported cases of disruptive behavior were associated with systemic stresses in the clinical environment—such as inadequate hospital capacity, unclear policies and urgent […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira With the swift-moving changes we are all facing in this national emergency, the order of the day is “improvise, adapt and overcome,” to borrow a maxim of the U.S. Marines. This is not your mother’s flu, and we’re certainly not in Kansas anymore. We have never seen a time like this, and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Jia, Yuan MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2020 BACKGROUND: Mechanical ventilation with low tidal volumes appears to provide benefit in patients having noncardiac surgery; however, whether it is beneficial in patients having cardiac surgery is unclear. METHODS: We retrospectively examined patients having elective cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass through a median sternotomy […]
Read MoreAuthor: Laleh Jalilian, MD Anesthesia News Medical consumables are necessary supplies for health systems to provide care within a hospital or surgical environment. Consumables include gloves, gowns, masks, syringes, needles, sutures, staples, IV tubing, catheters, and adhesives for wound dressing, in addition to other tools needed by doctors and nurses to provide care. During a […]
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