Author: David J. Cullen MD, MS Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation SUMMARY:In patients who are anesthetized for surgery in the beach chair position, brain blood pressure can fall to levels below the brain’s ability to autoregulate. This can result in brain damage, but an understanding of cerebral autoregulation is essential to prevent this occurrence. Cerebral blood […]
Read MoreAuthors: Orser, Beverley A. MD, PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1109-1110 Health care workers are committed to learning from each other to optimize the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses recently called […]
Read MoreASA Joint Statement of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal […]
Read MoreAuthor: Shazia Qureshi DG News In a small, double-blinded randomised study of male patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS), 6 sessions of low-intensity shockwave therapy (LiST) applied to the perineum once per week led to improvements in pain and quality of life scores over 24 weeks, compared with sham therapy, according to a study […]
Read MoreThis has nothing to do with anesthesia other than we have providers who have had a MI. Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Resuming sexual activity within a few months of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with a significant increase in long-term survival, according to new research published in the European Journal of Preventive […]
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