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AUTHORS: James, Leslie A. BA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1279-1285 BACKGROUND: Frailty, a state of decreased physiological reserve, is strongly associated with perioperative mortality in older adults. However, the mechanism by which frailty is associated with mortality is not yet understood. Autonomic dysfunction in the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Mazzinari, Guido MD, MSc, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1264-1271 BACKGROUND: Tracheal intubation failure in patients with difficult airway is still not uncommon. While videolaryngoscopes such as the Glidescope offer better glottic vision due to an acute-angled blade, this advantage does not always lead […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Watcha, Mehernoor F. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1249-1255 BACKGROUND: Because nausea is difficult to evaluate in children, vomiting is used as the objective clinical end point in managing pediatric postoperative nausea and vomiting and postdischarge nausea and vomiting (PDNV). The recently developed pictorial […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Whitney, Gina M. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1242-1248 BACKGROUND: Pediatric anesthesiologists are exposed to ionizing radiation from x-rays on an almost daily basis. Our goal was to determine the culture of safety in which they work and how they adhere to preventative strategies […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Scott Maier University of California, San Francisco Patient Care While long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are designed to help patients recover and regain independence, fewer than 1-in-5 older adults who were transferred to such facilities were alive five years later, leaving […]
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