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Uncategorized Published - 1 April, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Polymorphic Variants in the GRK5 Gene Promoter Are Associated With Diastolic Dysfunction in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients

AUTHORS: Fassbender, Philipp MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 4 – p 858-868 BACKGROUND:  The G-protein–coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) is a mediator of cardiovascular homeostasis and participates in inflammation and cardiac fibrosis, both being involved in the development of diastolic dysfunction (DD). While mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Advanced care plans in the peri-operative period

Authors: Cara Hughes and Andreas Klein #TheAnesthesia Blog For many, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the stark reality of our mortality into focus. Along with the controversial application of ‘blanket’ DNACPR orders, it has forced all in the profession to consider how we involve our patients in the difficult conversations and decisions regarding end-of-life care. The […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative Assessment of Anxiety and Depression Using Computerized Adaptive Screening Tools

AUTHORS: Bass, Victoria MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 4 – p 853-857 BACKGROUND:  Serious mental health conditions (eg, anxiety and depression) are common in surgical patients, yet likely underassessed due to the time-consuming and cumbersome traditional screening process. A recently developed computerized adaptive mental health assessment tool (computerized […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Procedure-Related Outcomes Including Readmission Following Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant Procedures

AUTHORS: Goel, Vasudha MBBS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 4 – p 843-852 BACKGROUND:  Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been shown to reduce opioid consumption, reduce pain, improve quality of life compared to conventional therapy, and be more effective than spine reoperation in carefully selected patients. In this study, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 March, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiology Is Still One Of The Most Competitive Residencies

Author: ZMD Great Z’s Match Day 2022 has come and gone. Parsing through the latest data from NRMP, it’s astonishing how competitive anesthesiology residency has become. Even with an ever increasing number of residency positions, medical students hoping to get into anesthesiology have their work cut out for them. This year, there were 1,509 PGY1 anesthesiology […]

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