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Author: Christina Frangou Anesthesiology News In a multicenter, randomized controlled trial involving mechanically ventilated ICU patients, mortality at 90 days did not differ significantly between patients who were assigned to a plan of no sedation and those assigned to light sedation with daily interruption. “The times are changing, and I think we have to move […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Here are some of the latest developments on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Early self-proning: Having COVID-19 patients self-prone in the emergency department could help improve oxygen saturation, suggests a study in Academic Emergency Medicine. Fifty patients presenting to a New York City ED […]
Read MoreBy Kristin J. Kelley The FDA has approved the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin (Farxiga) to lower the risk for cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The indication is for adults, regardless of whether they have type 2 diabetes. Approval was based on results from […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News In a little more than four months, the novel coronavirus has disrupted lives, financial markets, medical meetings and travel plans around the world. So how can anesthesiologists and the institutions in which they work protect themselves and other patients from the novel virus? In a recent communication, the Anesthesia Patient […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Burk, Kyle M. MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 715-724 BACKGROUND: Supplemental oxygen is administered during procedural sedation to prevent hypoxemia. Continuous flow oxygen, the most widespread method, is generally adequate but distorts capnography. Pulsed flow oxygen is novel and ideally will not distort […]
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