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Uncategorized Published - 6 January, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Cognitive Recovery by Decade in Healthy 40- to 80-Year-Old Volunteers After Anesthesia Without Surgery

AUTHORS: Baxter, Mark G. PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2021 BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction are the most common complications for older surgical patients. General anesthesia may contribute to the development of these conditions, but there are little data on the association of age with cognitive recovery from anesthesia in the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on Discharge Destination in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement

AUTHORS: Duque, Melissa MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 6 – p 1379-1386 BACKGROUND:  Total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) are 2 of the most common orthopedic surgical procedures in the United States. These procedures, with fairly low mortality rates, incur significant health care costs, with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative Assessment of Anxiety and Depression Using Computerized Adaptive Screening Tools

AUTHORS: Bass, Victoria MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 24, 2021 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 adaptive test-mental health [CAT-MH]) allows rapid, precise, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Examining the Impact of Age on Perioperative Inflammatory Biomarkers

AUTHORS: Patel, Abhilasha MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2021 BACKGROUND: Dysregulation of immune responses to surgical stress in older patients and those with frailty may manifest as differences in inflammatory biomarkers. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine differences in perioperative inflammatory biomarkers between older and younger patients, and between patients with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Study shows structural brain changes in post-acute COVID-19 patients with persistent olfactory dysfunction

This could be important when we use general anesthesia on post-acute COVID-19 patients. Findings from a study published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology showed decreased gray matter (GM) volume and increased mean diffusivity (MD) in olfactory-related regions explaining prolonged olfactory deficits in post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.deficit is a frequent clinical manifestation of COVID-19; […]

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