AUTHORS: Schober, Patrick MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 6 – p 1592-1593 KEY POINT: Generalized linear mixed-effects models are a family of statistical methods to analyze a variety of nonindependent (correlated) outcome data. In this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Kimura Kuroiwa et al1 report results of a randomized […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Woodworth, Glenn E. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 6 – p 1579-1591 BACKGROUND: Modern medical education requires frequent competency assessment. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) provides a descriptive framework of competencies and milestones but does not provide standardized instruments to assess and track trainee […]
Read MoreAuthors: Snyder, Brina PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 6 – p 1502-1513 Abstract Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) has been reported with widely varying frequency but appears to be strongly associated with aging. Outside of the surgical arena, chronic and acute cerebral hypoxia may exist as a result of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cushman, Tera MD, MPH et al Abstract No patient arrives at the hospital to undergo general anesthesia for its own sake. Anesthesiology is a symbiont specialty, with the primary mission of preventing physical and psychological pain, easing anxiety, and shepherding physiologic homeostasis so that other care may safely progress. For most elective surgeries, the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business A bar owner in the U.K. suffered an acute myocardial infarction after drinking approximately 12 energy drinks every day for a year. According to a new report from HullLive, Lee Kaman, 53, is now warning others about these drinks and advocating for them to be banned altogether. Kamen emphasized that […]
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