DG Journal Club Authors: Tyler C Lewis, Kimberly Sureau et al. Clin Transplant. 2021 Oct Opioid analgesics are commonly used post-lung transplant, but have many side effects and are associated with worse outcomes. We conducted a retrospective review of all lung transplant recipients who were treated with a multimodal opioid-sparing pain protocol. The use of […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Di Ye, Timothy J Fairchild et al. Diabet Med. 2021 Oct 21 AIMS Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) occurs in about half of people with diabetes, of whom a quarter may develop chronic pain. Pain may remain for years yet be difficult to treat because the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. There is […]
Read MoreAuthor: Erika Powers DG Alerts Among patients undergoing planned or emergency orthopaedic surgery, the rate of postoperative oxygen requirements, pneumonia, and mortality were significantly higher among those who had tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) within the 30 days prior to surgery than those without, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2021, the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Erika Powers DG Alerts A novel multimodal analgesia pathway was associated with decreased periprocedural opioid consumption for patients undergoing CT-guided percutaneous hepatic microwave ablation, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2021, the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). “There is a growing need to manage acute periprocedural pain for patients […]
Read MoreAuthors: Park, Kyemyung MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 21, 2021 – BACKGROUND: Aspiration pneumonia after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is rare, but can be fatal. We aimed to investigate risk factors and develop a simple risk scoring system for aspiration pneumonia. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 7833 patients who underwent gastric […]
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