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Uncategorized Published - 3 February, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
‘Donation after cardiac death’: New heart transplant method being tested for the first time in the U.S.

Author: SHRADDHA CHAKRADHAR Morning Rounds More than 250,000 people in the U.S. are currently at the end stages of heart failure, up to 15% of whom are in desperate need of a transplant. A new method of “reanimating” donor hearts from those who have died from cardiac failure is currently being tested in the U.S., […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 February, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
No Reason for 45% of Antibiotic Prescriptions

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions for Medicaid patients appear to be inappropriate, new research suggests. That kind of overprescribing raises risks for everyone, experts say, as bacteria gain more chances to mutate around the life-saving drugs. For the study, researchers analyzed 298 million antibiotic prescriptions filled by 53 million Medicaid patients between 2004 and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Respiratory complications after adenotonsillectomy in high-risk children with obstructive sleep apnea

AUTHORS: Ekstein M et al Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2019 Oct 6. BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs in 1%-4% of children; adenotonsillectomy is an effective treatment. Mortality/severe brain injury occurs among 0.6/10 000 adenotonsillectomies; in children, 60% are secondary to airway/respiratory events. Earlier studies identified that children aged <2 years, extremes of weight, with co-morbidities of craniofacial, neuromuscular, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Learning curve of ultrasound measurement of subglottic diameter for endotracheal tube selection in pediatric patients

Authors: Mukadder Orhan‐Sungur et al Pediatric Anesthesia Oct 2019 Background Endotracheal tube size can be predicted according to ultrasound measurement of subglottic airway diameter. The learning curve for this method is not yet established. The aim was to evaluate the learning curve of anesthesiology residents in ultrasound measurement of subglottic airway diameter for prediction of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Sedation with Propofol During Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Submassive Pulmonary Embolism Is Associated with Increased Mortality

Authors: Barbara Manchec, MD et al Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology November 2019 Volume 30, Issue 11, Pages 1719–1724 Purpose To evaluate if sedation with propofol during catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) in patients with acute submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) affects survival. Materials and Methods This single-institution, retrospective study identified 136 patients from 2011–2017 who underwent CDT […]

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