Author: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Intubation using video laryngoscopy (VL) with a Macintosh-shaped blade achieved a higher first-pass success (FPS) rate than with conventional direct laryngoscopy (DL) for elective surgeries, an international multicenter, randomized study has concluded. Results from this trial, which were presented at the 2019 World Airway Management Meeting in Amsterdam (abstract 422), […]
Read MoreAuthor: Carl (Yuan-Feng) Lo, MD Anesthesiology News Case Presentation A 12-year-old, 53-kg girl presented to the ER with excruciating (10/10) left ankle pain. The patient said, “Please don’t touch my left ankle and foot. It is so painful that I can’t put any weight or wear socks anymore!” Three months earlier, the patient was in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News A retrospective study has cast doubt on the usefulness of adding gabapentinoids to multimodal analgesia after total hip or knee arthroplasty. The study, conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, N.C., concluded that use of gabapentinoids was associated with increased odds of postoperative pulmonary complications, either used […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kovatch, Kevin J. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 445-451 BACKGROUND: Pediatric-specific difficult airway guidelines include algorithms for 3 scenarios: unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation, difficult mask ventilation, and cannot intubate/cannot ventilate. While rare, these instances may require front-of-neck access (FONA) to secure an airway […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Yuan, Ian MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 462-471 BACKGROUND: In infants and young children, anesthetic dosing is based on population pharmacokinetics and patient hemodynamics not on patient-specific brain activity. Electroencephalography (EEG) provides insight into brain activity during anesthesia. The primary goal of this […]
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