Author: Natalie Grover The Guardian US data shows nearly twice as many diagnoses over three months among those testing positive Nearly one in five people who have had Covid-19 are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder such as anxiety, depression or insomnia within three months of testing positive for the virus, according to a study that […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Metformin was significantly associated with decreased mortality in women with obesity or type 2 diabetes who were admitted to hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), although no significant link was found in men, according to findings published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity. “Our analysis supports the preventive use of metformin, before infection with […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Chen, Fangyu BA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 BACKGROUND: Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in left ventricular dysfunction, which can lead to hypotension and secondary brain injuries. Although echocardiography is often used to examine cardiovascular function in multiple clinical settings, its use and association with outcomes following severe TBI are […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fleming, Neal W. MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 Utility as an Early Warning for Desaturation in High-Risk Surgical Patients BACKGROUND: Perioperative pulse oximetry hemoglobin saturation (SpO2) measurement is associated with fewer desaturation and hypoxia episodes. However, the sigmoidal nature of oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation limits the accuracy of estimation of the partial […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Sharawi, Nadir MD, MSc, FRCA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 BACKGROUND: For emergent intrapartum cesarean delivery (CD), the literature does not support the use of any particular local anesthetic solution to extend epidural analgesia to cesarean anesthesia. We hypothesized that 3% chloroprocaine (CP) would be noninferior to a mixture of 2% lidocaine, […]
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