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Authors: Silvia Schönenberger, MD et al JAMA. 2019;322(13):1283-1293. Key PointsQuestion Is there a difference in functional outcome at 3 months between patients who receive general anesthesia or procedural sedation during stroke thrombectomy? Findings In this individual patient data meta-analysis of 3 randomized clinical trials that included 368 patients with acute ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation, the use […]
Read MoreAuthor: RISHI rk.md Compared to catecholamine infusions which are routinely titrated, there’s a polarized practice with vasopressin – those who titrate and those who don’t. As a resident, I worked with intensivists who strongly believed in “0.04 U/min or nothing at all.” They believed that similar to electrolyte repletion, vasopressin at this fixed dose (used in many […]
Read MoreI read this and wanted to share with our readers. By Maria Cohut, Ph.D. Plenty of research has suggested that owning a dog can be beneficial to health. Two new studies now add to the existing evidence, finding an association between dog ownership and a significantly lower death risk following a stroke or heart attack. “The […]
Read MoreAuthor: Elizabeth A. M. Frost, MD Anesthesiology News Rarities With Anesthetic Implications Tangier Disease What Is It? Tangier disease (TD), also known as familial alpha-lipoprotein deficiency or hypoalphalipoproteinemia, is an autosomal recessive disorder with several systemic implications that can affect anesthetic management.1,2 The disorder was first diagnosed in a 5-year-old boy and his family who lived […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News Consistent application of an evidence-based bundled approach (Table) reduced the number of days critically ill patients were mechanically ventilated, lowered the incidence of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP), and cut patients’ length of stay (LOS) in both the ICU and the hospital. That was the conclusion of a study that used the […]
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