AUTHORS: Flamée, Panagiotis MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 6 – p 1645-1653 BACKGROUND: Propofol administration in patients with Brugada syndrome (BrS) is still a matter of debate. Despite lacking evidence for its feared arrhythmogenicity, up to date, expert cardiologists recommend avoiding propofol. The main aim of this study […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Odinkemelu, Didi S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 6 – p 1727-1737 BACKGROUND: The health system of Liberia, a low-income country in West Africa, was devastated by a civil war lasting from 1989 to 2003. Gains made in the post-war period were compromised by the 2014–2016 Ebola […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Bravo, Mauro MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2021 BACKGROUND: Acetaminophen is commonly used as part of multimodal analgesia for acute pain. The intravenous formulation offers a more predictable bioavailability compared to oral and rectal acetaminophen. There have been reports of hypotension with intravenous acetaminophen attributable to centrally mediated and vasodilatory effects. We tested […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fatima, Huma MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2021 BACKGROUND: Graduate medical education is being transformed from a time-based training model to a competency-based training model. While the application of ultrasound in the perioperative arena has become an expected skill set for anesthesiologists, clinical exposure during training is intermittent and nongraduated without a structured […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Boswell, Michael R. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 6 – p 1635-1644 BACKGROUND: Patients with existing coronary artery stents are at an increased risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) when undergoing noncardiac surgery (NCS). Although the use of antifibrinolytic (AF) therapy in NCS has significantly increased […]
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