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Uncategorized Published - 9 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
General versus Spinal Anesthesia for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Authors: Taylor Paziuk, MD et al The Journal of Arthroplasty Nov 2019 Background TJA can be successfully carried out under general (GA) or spinal anesthesia (SA). The existing literature does not adequately illustrate which technique is optimal. The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the effects of anesthesia technique on TJA outcomes. Methods […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
A Simple Method for Estimating Hand Hygiene Use Among Anesthesia Personnel: Development, Validation, and Use in a Quality Improvement Project

AUTHORS: Segal, Scott MD, MHCM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 6 – p 1549-1556 BACKGROUND: Frequent hand hygiene by anesthesia personnel may be an important factor in reducing contamination of IV lines and medication access ports and may reduce hospital-acquired infections. Measurement of hand hygiene frequency at the individual […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Device-Related Error in Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Analysis of 82,698 Patients in a Tertiary Hospital

AUTHORS: Son, Hyo-Jung MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 3 – p 720-725 BACKGROUND: Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is one of the most popular and effective methods for managing postoperative pain. Various types of continuous infusion pumps are available for the safe and accurate administration of analgesic drugs. Here we […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Population Pharmacokinetics of Periarticular Ketorolac in Adult Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement Surgery

AUTHORS: Gurunathan, Usha FANZCA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 3 – p 701-708 BACKGROUND: Ketorolac tromethamine has been used for joint infiltration by the orthopedic surgeons as a part of postoperative multimodal analgesia. The objective of this study is to investigate the pharmacokinetic properties of S (−) and R […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Babies Born by C-Section Have Different Gut Microbes Than Vaginally Delivered Infants

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Method of delivery can influence the bacteria in infants’ guts, according to a new study, but differences were found to disappear within nine months Author: Sarah Elizabeth Richards For the past decade, scientists have been fascinated by how the bacteria in our […]

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