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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Monitoring Identifies Those at High Risk for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression

AUTHOR: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News A new monitoring tool helps predict those patients on a general care floor who are at high risk for developing opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD). Ashish Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, an anesthesiologist, intensivist and associate professor of anesthesiology at Wake Forest School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, N.C., presented preliminary results from […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Ketamine Reduces Opioid Need in Severely Injured Patients

AUTHOR: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News Used as a Safe Adjunct for Rib Fracture The first randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ketamine in patients with rib fractures has shown that low-dose ketamine infusions are a safe adjunct in the setting of treatment of acute traumatic pain, with no significant differences in side effects noted between the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Prevalence of Isoelectric Electroencephalography Events in Infants and Young Children Undergoing General Anesthesia

AUTHORS: Yuan, Ian MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 15, 2019 BACKGROUND: In infants and young children, anesthetic dosing is based on population pharmacokinetics and patient hemodynamics not on patient-specific brain activity. Electroencephalography (EEG) provides insight into brain activity during anesthesia. The primary goal of this prospective observational pilot study was to assess the prevalence of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
How lack of sleep harms circulation

This isn’t about anesthesia however it was very interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Maria Cohut Medical News Today Scientists have long been aware of the relationship between insufficient sleep and poor cardiovascular health. However, exactly how the lack of adequate sleep can harm circulation has remained unclear. A new study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Increased Risk for Self-Harm or Suicide

I thought this was interesting that there could be a relationship between the two so I wanted to share it. By Amy Orciari Herman Adults with restless legs syndrome (RLS) may be at increased risk for suicide or self-harm, according to a JAMA Network Open study. Using a large U.S. health claims database, researchers matched roughly 25,000 […]

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