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By Amy Orciari Herman Cardiac injury is a common complication among those hospitalized with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and it’s associated with significantly increased mortality risk, according to a retrospective study in JAMA Cardiology. Researchers studied over 400 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. Some 20% had cardiac injury, defined as elevated cardiac biomarkers (e.g., […]
Read MoreBy Adam Schlifke, MD, with contributions from others around the world Anesthesiology News Problem: There may be insufficient critical care beds and ventilators in the United States health care system to account for a potential tsunami of critically ill patients that will require intense, ICU-level support for many days in our hospital in the next coming […]
Read MoreAuthor: Naveed Saleh MD MS Anesthesiology News Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) might be preferred over general anesthesia (GA) in surgical patients with pulmonary hypertension, a study has concluded. Patients with pulmonary hypertension have high perioperative mortality and morbidity rates, but few studies have compared MAC with GA. Consequently, it is unclear whether the type of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Naveed Saleh MD MS Anesthesiology News In two studies presented at Euroanaesthesia 2019, researchers showed that flow-controlled ventilation (FCV) improved gas exchange, and that the linearized expiratory airflow during FCV may be particularly lung-protective in obese patients. FCV is a novel type of ventilation, which delivers a constant positive flow during inspiration and maintains […]
Read MoreAuthors: Miyao, Hideki MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 16, 2019 BACKGROUND: Several studies of critically ill patients reported that fluid resuscitation with hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solutions damages the kidneys, but their use for surgical patients is debated. Because different HES preparations have different safety profiles, we sought to determine whether 6% third-generation […]
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