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Cardiac Anesthesiologist blog Myocardial infarction: severe pain, usually more than 20 min in duration. Dissecting aortic aneurysm: pain is sharp, tearing, often occurs in back. Mitral valve prolapse: transient pain, midsystolic click murmur, and young female with no risk factors. Myocarditis: pain is usually vague and mild if present. Pericarditis: pain is sharper, […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD NEJM Journal Watch Peripheral neuropathy is associated with increased mortality risk, regardless of patients’ diabetes status, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Some 7100 U.S. adults aged 40 and older underwent monofilament testing. Roughly 27% of those with diabetes […]
Read MoreRadius Anesthesia Blog Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) refers to an anesthetic technique that involves a patient undergoing sedation without mechanical ventilatory support. [1]. During MAC, patients typically do not need such support and usually retain control of their airways; however, they are sedated throughout the procedure [2]. MAC usually requires fewer sedatives and analgesics than general anesthesia, however, patients are at risk of respiratory depression and airway obstruction because their airway is not externally secured [1]. The […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD) patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had higher risk of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) than comparators, but did not have higher risk of mechanical ventilation or death, according to a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Additionally,the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News A whopping 93% of adult patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at a high risk of experiencing a fatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or stroke, according to new research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The study was focused on data out of Catalonia, Spain, but its findings […]
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