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AUTHORS: Cameron M et al J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Mar;34(3):586-591. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the administration of ketamine during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery leads to a reduction in the quantity of opioids required over the first 48 hours after surgery. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial. SETTING: Single university academic center. PARTICIPANTS: Patients […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Researchers have confirmed a series of independent patient-, procedure- and anesthesia-related predictors of prolonged extubation after general anesthesia. The study also showed that patients who experience prolonged extubation are at significantly greater risk for immediate reintubation. Andrea Vannucci, MD, and his colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Anesthesiology has long valued the aviation industry’s adherence to strict safety protocols. Now, researchers have employed a modified crew resource management tool to help residents identify hazardous attitudes and their potentially negative effects during perioperative crises. “Crew resource management is a systemization of crisis management,” said Adam Schiavi, PhD, MD, […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers who treat chronic pain patients along with those who perform an anesthetic on chronic pain patients. Receiving an opioid prescription is linked with higher risks of death and hospitalisation compared with receiving other pain medications, and the risk of death is especially high in individuals with lower kidney function, according […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) catheters were associated with significantly less use of morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) compared with epidural catheters in patients undergoing open colorectal surgery who were part of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program, according to a retrospective chart review. “Our TAP catheter group received an average […]
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