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 […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: 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 […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreI 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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