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Authors: Ruetzler, Kurt MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 26, 2019 Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) differs from myocardial infarction in being defined by troponin elevation apparently from cardiac ischemia with or without signs and symptoms. Such myocardial injury is common, silent, and strongly associated with mortality. MINS is usually asymptomatic and only detected […]
Read MoreThis has nothing to do with anesthesia however I thought it was interesting Medical News Today Recent research has revealed a mechanism through which fish oil, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, might reduce inflammation. A study that tested an enriched fish oil supplement found that it increased blood levels of certain anti-inflammatory molecules. The anti-inflammatory […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jansie Prozesky, MBChB The Frost Series #357 Case Presentation A 36-year-old woman, weighing 110 kg and gravida 3, para 2, presented to the labor and delivery unit at 34 weeks gestation with epigastric pain radiating to the right shoulder, severe nausea and vomiting, headache and thrombocytopenia. At admission, her blood pressure was 130/90 mm […]
Read MoreAuthor: David Holzman Anesthesiology News Minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) reduced back pain caused by lumbar stenosis, and decreased opioid use, in patients far more effectively than epidural steroid injection, in a new study. These findings were reported in a research poster presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Interventional Pain […]
Read MoreAuthor: Sherree Geyer Anesthesiology News Evidence-based prescribing guidelines reduced postoperative opioid consumption for nine general surgeries by roughly 30%, according to primary outcomes reported in a research letter in The New England Journal of Medicine (2019;381[7]:680-682). Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) analyzed data from 11,716 patients at 43 state hospitals to find mean prescription size […]
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