AUTHORS: Sola, Chrystelle MD, MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1234-1241 BACKGROUND: The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has become a common regional anesthesia technique for pain management in a wide variety of abdominal procedures. Evidence to support any particular local anesthetic regimen as well as […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nafiu, Olubukola O. MD, FRCA, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1225-1233 BACKGROUND: Many children recovering from anesthesia experience pain that is severe enough to warrant intravenous (IV) opioid treatment within moments of admission to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Postoperative pain has several negative […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fujita, Nobuko MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1217-1222 BACKGROUND: Despite the existing dogma that women undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia should be positioned with a 15° left-lateral tilt, the patients were actually positioned in a right-lateral tilt position in several of the original […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ortner, Clemens M. Priv Doz et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1208-1216 BACKGROUND: Pilot studies applying point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in preeclampsia indicate the presence of pulmonary interstitial edema, cerebral edema, and cardiac dysfunction. Laboratory markers of oncotic pressure (albumin) and cardiac dysfunction (brain natriuretic peptide [BNP]) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Heather Buschman, PhD. Science Daily Summary: As the opioid tramadol has grown in popularity so too have documented cases of adverse effects. In a new study, researchers show that patients who take tramadol are at greater risk for hypoglycemia, abnormally low blood sugar. Since its approval in 1995, the opioid tramadol (marketed as ConZip […]
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