Author: Richard Novak MD The Anesthesia Consultant Three days ago, I was giving anesthesia for six consecutive colonoscopy patients. Following my first case, I checked my phone and discovered that the President of the United States Joe Biden was having a colonoscopy at Walter Reed Medical Center that very morning. The headlines stated that for the […]
Read MoreDG Journal Clubs AUTHORS: Siguang Ma, Yanju Zhang et al. Pain Pract. 2022 Jan; 22(1): 8-18 OBJECTIVES The use of magnesium sulfate (MgSO 4 ) as an adjunct in different anesthetic regimens for cesarean section (CS) delivery often reports conflicting results. This study aimed to review the effectiveness of MgSO 4 on improving postoperative analgesia […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Juri, Takashi MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2022 Export BACKGROUND: Error grid analysis was recently proposed to compare blood pressure obtained by 2 measurement methods. This study aimed to compare continuous noninvasive blood pressure (CNBP) with invasive blood pressure (IBP) using the error grid analysis and investigate the confounding risk factors attributable to […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Seiler, F. Arran MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2022 BACKGROUND: Neuraxial labor analgesia is associated with elevations in maternal temperature; the mechanism responsible is unknown. Proposed mechanisms have included infection, altered thermoregulation, and inflammation, potentially triggered by local anesthetics. Studies of the association between neuraxial labor analgesia and maternal fever have focused on […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Pan Yu, Jie Zhang et al. Pain Pract. 2022 Jan; 22(1): 91-106 PURPOSE Various adjuvants for prolongation of intra-operative and postoperative analgesia have been clinically studied, but the safety and efficiency of nalbuphine as an adjuvant to local anesthetics in spinal anesthesia remains unconfirmed. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis about the […]
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