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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Deep Spinal Infection after Outpatient Epidural Injections for Pain: A Retrospective Sample Cohort Study Using a Claims Database in South Korea

Authors: Chang-Soon Lee, M.D. et al Anesthesiology April 2021 Background Deep spinal infection is a devastating complication after epidural injection. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of deep spinal infection primarily after outpatient single-shot epidural injection for pain. Secondarily, this study assessed the national trends of the procedure and risk factors for said infection. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
1 in 7 Report Persistent Symptoms After Mild COVID-19

By Kelly Young Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS NEJM Journal Watch Roughly 15% of patients who had mild COVID-19 symptoms still had symptoms 8 months later, according to a JAMA research letter. Researchers compared some 300 healthcare workers in Sweden who were seropositive for SARS-CoV-2 and had mild or no symptoms with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Study finds electroencephalographic abnormalities common in patients with COVID‐19, associated with adverse outcomes

DG Alerts Seizures and other epileptiform abnormalities were common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) undergoing clinically indicated continuous electroencephalogram (cEEG) and were associated with adverse clinical outcomes, according to a study published in Annals of Neurology. “In the largest study to date of cEEG findings, conducted in a single academic hospital system, electrographic seizures […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Emergency Airway Management in Patients with COVID-19

Authors: Danny J. N. Wong, F.R.C.A., Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology April 2021 Background Tracheal intubation for patients with COVID-19 is required for invasive mechanical ventilation. The authors sought to describe practice for emergency intubation, estimate success rates and complications, and determine variation in practice and outcomes between high-income and low- and middle-income countries. The authors […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Ketamine infusion reduces narcotic requirements following gastric bypass surgery

AUTHORS: Sonia D Mehta, David Smyth et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Apr; 17(4): 737-743 BACKGROUND As the obesity epidemic worsens, anesthesiologists should expect to see more obese patients presenting for surgical procedures. Opioids cause respiratory depression, which has caused complications in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Opioids can also cause nausea, prolonging the […]

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