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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Prenatal Exposure to General Anesthesia and Childhood Behavioral Deficit

AUTHORS: Ing, Caleb MD, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 595-605 BACKGROUND:  Exposure to surgery and anesthesia in early childhood has been found to be associated with an increased risk of behavioral deficits. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against prenatal exposure […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Associations Between Preoperative Biomarkers and Cardiac Surgery–Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Elderly Patients

AUTHORS: Verwijmeren, Lisa MD, PhD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 3 – p 570-577 BACKGROUND:  Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with mortality after cardiac surgery. Novel risk factors may improve identification of patients at risk for renal injury. The authors evaluated the association between preoperative biomarkers that reflect […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Associations between Neck and Shoulder Pain and Neuropathic Pain in a middle-aged Community-Living Population

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Masaaki Machino, Kei Ando et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 Aug 24 STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of neuropathic pain (NeP) in subjects suffering from neck and shoulder pain (NSP) to reveal the impact of NeP on the health-related quality of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Sevoflurane in electroconvulsive therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Nobuatsu Aoki, Taro Suwa et al. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 09; 141 16-25 Sevoflurane is the most commonly used inhaled anaesthetic in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The objective of this study was to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive review on how the use of sevoflurane affects seizure adequacy (seizure duration and postictal […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
The effect of regional anesthesia blocks on post-operative pain after ambulatory orthopedic trauma surgery

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Diana G Douleh, Lori Chambers et al. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Aug 21 PURPOSE To determine if regional anesthesia had added benefit to general anesthesia, with or without local anesthesia, in controlling post-operative pain in outpatient orthopedic trauma surgery. METHODS A retrospective review was performed of prospectively gathered data […]

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