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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Postoperative Hypotension after Noncardiac Surgery and the Association with Myocardial Injury

Authors: Victor G. B. Liem, M.D., M.Sc. et al  Anesthesiology September 2020, Vol. 133, 510–522. Background Intraoperative hypotension has been associated with postoperative morbidity and early mortality. Postoperative hypotension, however, has been less studied. This study examines postoperative hypotension, hypothesizing that both the degree of hypotension severity and longer durations would be associated with myocardial injury. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
The Effect of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen on Carbon Dioxide Accumulation in Apneic or Spontaneously Breathing Adults During Airway Surgery

Authors: Booth, Anton W. G. FANZCA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 30, 2020 BACKGROUND: High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is an emerging technology that has generated interest in tubeless anesthesia for airway surgery. HFNO has been shown to maintain oxygenation and CO2 clearance in spontaneously breathing patients and is an effective approach to apneic oxygenation. Although it […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Study shows patients with Parkinson’s disease, COVID-19 have a high mortality risk

By Denise Baez DG Alerts A study of almost 80,000 adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showed that people with Parkinson’s disease have a 30% higher risk of dying from the virus compared with people without Parkinson’s. The results, published in Movement Disorders, come from an analysis of the TriNetX COVID-19 research network — a health […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
All the pros—and cons—of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

Author: Claire Maldarelli Popular Science The treatment has been around for about a century, and hasn’t really gotten any better with age. Since coronavirus cases started to climb back in March, scientists have been struggling to identify drugs and other therapies that can treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel virus. Unlike many bacterial invaders that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 October, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Nasal calcium rich salts show reduction of exhaled aerosol particles up to 99%

EurekAlert In a paper published in Molecular Frontiers Journal, researchers from Cambridge, Massachusetts have discovered a more effective way of eliminating airborne particles from airways using nasal calcium-rich salts called FEND, which have potential applications in the fight against Covid-19. Sensory Cloud, creators of FEND and a Boston-based technology startup that designs solutions to problems of human wellbeing […]

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