Authors: Young-Eun Jang, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 7 2020, Vol.133, 53-63. Background: Pediatric radial artery cannulation is challenging because of the small vessel size. Nitroglycerin is a potent vasodilator and facilitates radial artery cannulation by increasing the internal diameter and preventing the vasospasm in adult patients. The authors hypothesize that subcutaneous nitroglycerin injection will improve the success […]
Read MoreBy Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBIH All patients are vulnerable during the immediate post-anesthetic recovery period. The occurrence of functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD) is a rare manifestation during this period. FNSD includes neurological symptoms that are not consistently explained by neurological or medical conditions. This diagnosis should be considered after excluding life-threatening causes and when […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lee A. Fleisher, M.D. et al NEJM Catalyst Summary The Covid-19 pandemic is a source of anxiety for many clinicians. We studied the factors most related to front-line providers’ anxiety, and thereby developed effective responses, by surveying the clinical members of our department to better understand the effect of providing care during the pandemic […]
Read MoreDG Alert Researchers trying to understand why females infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have lower mortality and better outcomes than males, analysed how biological sex differences may contribute to male-biased death in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Their findings, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, suggest that anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and estradiol (E2) were […]
Read MoreDG Alerts A case of COVID-19 in a pregnant patient with severe respiratory compromise, whose clinical status significantly improved after caesarean delivery was described in BMJ Case Reports. A 35-year-old gravida 10 para 7 at 29 3/7 weeks gestation presented to the labour and delivery unit with a 2-week history of cough and fever. The patient […]
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