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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Chronic migraine in the first COVID-19 lockdown: the impact of sleep, remote working, and other life/psychological changes

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Carmelo Tiberio Currò, Antonio Ciacciarelli et al. Neurol Sci. 2021 Aug AIMS The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the first Italian COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic migraine (CM). MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was based on an e-mail survey addressed to CM patients of our […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Cognitive Prehabilitation and Postoperative Brain Health

Authors: Michelle L. Humeidan, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor May 2021, Vol. 85, 39. During my (MH) medical school rotation in anesthesiology, the importance of optimizing specific organ systems prior to surgery was a fundamental aspect of what I was taught. If a patient had congestive heart failure, diuresis would […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Pediatric patients engaged in VR much less troubled by pain

Author: Dave Pearson  Cardiovascular Busyness Virtual reality was highly effective at distracting young patients experiencing physical pain during a recent randomized trial, according to a study published Aug. 25 in JAMA Network Open. What’s more, the stress reduction extended to accompanying parents as well as clinicians administering the pain source under review, peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Why a Propofol Infusion Should Be the Anesthetic of Choice for Auditory Brainstem Response Testing in Children

AUTHORS: Kandil, Ali I. DO et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2021 BACKGROUND: Auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing is considered to be relatively resistant to effects of volatile anesthetics. The impact of newer anesthetics on interpretability of ABR testing is unknown. This study compared sevoflurane versus propofol anesthesia on qualitative interpretability of ABR click-testing in children. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Reducing Postoperative Delirium with Intraoperative Processed EEG

Authors: Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, MPH and Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 1–12. Postoperative delirium is a geriatric syndrome associated with prolonged hospital length of stay and worsened functional and cognitive status after hospital discharge. Despite its prevalence, its pathophysiology is incompletely understood. Delirium is a complex interplay between patient […]

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