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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Transversus Abdominal Plane Block in Children: Efficacy and Safety: A Randomized Clinical Study and Pharmacokinetic Profile

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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Factors Associated With Recovery Room Intravenous Opiate Requirement After Pediatric Outpatient Operations

AUTHORS: 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of Right-Lateral Versus Left-Lateral Tilt Position on Compression of the Inferior Vena Cava in Pregnant Women Determined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

AUTHORS: 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Abnormalities in Late-Onset Severe Preeclampsia: Prevalence and Association With Serum Albumin and Brain Natriuretic Peptide

AUTHORS: 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]) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Popular pain medication associated with greater risk of hypoglycemia

Author: 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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