AUTHORS: Rigouzzo, Agnes MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 416-425 BACKGROUND: Rapid assessment of hemostasis during postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is essential to allow characterization of coagulopathy, to estimate bleeding severity, and to improve outcome. Point of care (POC) coagulation monitors could be of great interest […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vleesides Anesthesiology News The Challenge Has Already Started With the COVID-19 crisis yet to peak around the world and supplies of mechanical ventilators steadily growing shorter in some locations, a group of enterprising anesthesiologists from Massachusetts General Hospital is trying to make a difference. Their CoVent-19 Challenge is calling upon engineers, innovators, designers […]
Read MoreIncreasing demand for sedatives used to help put COVID-19 patients onto ventilators means the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added two more – this time the injectables propofol and dexmedetomidine – to its list of drug shortages. The propofol shortage was also previously listed by the American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) earlier this month, with […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Feldman, Jeffrey M. MD, MSE et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 374-381 BACKGROUND: Reducing fresh gas flow when using a circle anesthesia circuit is the most effective strategy for reducing both inhaled anesthetic vapor cost and waste. As fresh gas flow is reduced, the amount […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Mouri, Hideyuki MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 367-373 BACKGROUND: In myasthenia gravis (MG) patients, postoperative myasthenic crisis, and residual neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) can cause respiratory failure that requires mechanical ventilation. However, it remains unclear whether the use of sugammadex for NMBA reversal […]
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