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AUTHORS: Liu, Zijia MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 3 – p 840-849 BACKGROUND: Patients with lung cancer often experience reduced functional capacity and quality of life after surgery. The current study investigated the impact of a short-term, home-based, multimodal prehabilitation program on perioperative functional capacity in patients […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Robinson, Hal FRCA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 3 – p 928-934 BACKGROUND: Pectoralis I and II (Pecs I/Pecs II) blocks are modern regional anesthetic techniques performed in combination to anesthetize the nerves involved in breast surgery and axillary node dissection. Pecs II spread and clinical efficacy […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Dalesio, Nicholas M. MD, MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 3 – p 876-884 BACKGROUND: Obesity increases susceptibility to chronic pain, increases metabolism, and is associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), all which can complicate perioperative pain management of patients. In addition, obesity and OSAS can […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Despite prevailing assumptions in the literature, cytokine storm syndrome is relatively rare among patients with moderate and severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a study published in Science Advances. Rather, the study revealed that the majority of COVID-19 patients exhibited suppressed immune profiles relative to the patterns observed among influenza-infected patients. To understand […]
Read MoreDG Alerts A study published in Clinical Immunology finds high percentages of NK CD57+ cells and CD56dim NK cells and low percentages of CD56bright and NKT cells among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) compared to healthy donors. Moreover, the study shows that severe COVID-19 pneumonia and NKT cell reduction were independently associated. “NK cells seem to […]
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