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AUTHORS: DelPizzo, Kate MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 273-279 BACKGROUND: Spinal anesthesia is known to have numerous benefits, including reductions in nausea and opioid consumption; however, postdural puncture headache (PDPH) remains a significant risk associated with this technique. The literature specifically examining this complication […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: McIsaac, Daniel I. MD, MPH, FRCPC et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 263-272 BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend routine preoperative frailty assessment for older people. However, the degree to which frailty instruments improve predictive accuracy when added to traditional risk factors is poorly described. Our objective was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jaideep J. Pandit, D.Phil. et al Anesthesiology November 2020, Vol. 133, 1046–1059. Background The degree to which different volatile anesthetics depress carotid body hypoxic response relates to their ability to activate TASK potassium channels. Most commonly, volatile anesthetic pairs act additively at their molecular targets. We examined whether this applied to carotid body TASK channels. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Congli Zeng, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2020, Vol. 133, 1060–1076. Background Pulmonary atelectasis is frequent in clinical settings. Yet there is limited mechanistic understanding and substantial clinical and biologic controversy on its consequences. The authors hypothesize that atelectasis produces local transcriptomic changes related to immunity and alveolar–capillary barrier function conducive to lung injury […]
Read MoreASA has continued to prioritize addressing the FY 2021 Medicare payment cuts to hospital-based physicians, surgeons, and others effective January 1, 2021. Along with other adversely impacted medical specialty organizations, ASA and its grassroots have urged Congress to act immediately to halt the cuts. Most recently, ASA supported the efforts of Congressmen Ami Bera, MD, […]
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