AUTHORS: Hallqvist, Linn MD, PhD Student, DESA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 5, 2021 – Volume – Issue – 10.1213/ BACKGROUND: Hemodynamic instability during anesthesia and surgery is common and associated with cardiac morbidity and mortality. Information is needed regarding optimal blood pressure (BP) threshold in the perioperative period. Therefore, the effect of intraoperative hypotension […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Patients hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be at risk of developing heart failure even if they do not have a previous history of heart disease or cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. For the study, researchers led by Jesus Alvarez-Garcia MD, […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Patients hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) frequently showed high likelihood of presence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) that was associated with cardiac structural and functional alterations, and myocardial injury, according to a study published in the European Journal of Heart Failure. The study included 64 hospitalised COVID-19 patients (mean age […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2018, Vol. 82, 50–51. Case 2018-11: ACDF A 45-year-old male with cervical radiculopathy presented for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) at C5-C6. Somatosensory-evoked potential monitoring (SSEP), motor-evoked potential monitoring (MEP) and continuous electromyography (EMG) were used. Plan was to limit sevoflurane to about one-half MAC, to avoid the use of neuromuscular […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Cho, Eun-Ah PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 15, 2021 – V BACKGROUND: Tools for the evaluation of gastric emptying have evolved over time. The purpose of this study was to show that the risk of pulmonary aspiration is not increased with carbohydrate drink, by demonstrating that the gastric antral cross-sectional area (CSA) of […]
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