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Uncategorized Published - 1 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Resting Hemodynamics and Response to Exercise Using the 6-Minute Walk Test in Late Pregnancy

AUTHORS: Dennis, Alicia Therese MBBS, PhD, MIPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 450-457 BACKGROUND: Cardiac disease is the leading cause of maternal death. Assessment of cardiovascular fitness is important in pregnant women because it is linked to increased risk of cardiac disease but is rarely undertaken […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Heterogeneity Among Hospitals in the Percentages of All Lumbosacral Epidural Steroid Injections Where the Patient Had Received 4 or More in the Previous Year

AUTHORS: Pearson, Amy C. S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 493-499 BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for the administration of therapeutic epidural injections suggest that these be limited to a maximum of 4 per year. We sought to gain an understanding of the proportion of lumbosacral epidural […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 October, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Cardiac Structure and Function in Morbidly Obese Parturients: An Echocardiographic Study

AUTHORS: Buddeberg, Bigna S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 444-449 BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide is a major threat to global health. Cardiac structural and functional changes are well documented for obesity as well as for pregnancy, but there is limited literature on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 October, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Electronic Audit and Feedback With Positive Rewards Improve Anesthesia Provider Compliance With a Barcode-Based Drug Safety System

AUTHORS: Bowdle, T. Andrew MD, PhD, FASE et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 418-425 BACKGROUND: We implemented a previously described barcode-based drug safety system in all of our anesthetizing locations. Providers were instructed to scan the barcode on syringes using our Anesthesia Information Management System before drug administration, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 October, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Oxygen Reserve Index: Validation of a New Variable

AUTHORS: Vos, Jaap Jan MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 2 – p 409-415 BACKGROUND: Pulse oximetry–derived oxygen saturation is typically >97% in normoxia and hyperoxia, limiting its clinical use. The new Oxygen Reserve Index (ORi), a relative indicator of the partial pressure of oxygen dissolved in arterial […]

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