Anesthesiology News Case Report Taizoon Dhoon, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care Waylan Wong, MD, MS Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Orange, California Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited disorders that affect connective tissues, including blood vessel walls. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gareth L. Ackland et al British Journal of Anesthesia May 2019 Volume 122, Issue 5, Pages 542–551 Background Perioperative arterial blood pressure management is a physiologically complex challenge influenced by multiple factors. Methods A multidisciplinary, international working subgroup of the Third Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) consensus meeting reviewed the (patho)physiology and measurement of arterial pressure […]
Read MoreSource: Futurity and Duke University Original Study DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.033 The discovery of general anesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving surgeries without pain. General anesthesia drugs induce unconsciousness by activating a tiny cluster of cells at the base of the brain called the supraoptic nucleus (shown in […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zorrilla-Vaca, Andres, BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 14, 2019 BACKGROUND: Perioperative IV dextrose infusions have been investigated for their potential to reduce the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting. In this meta-analysis, we investigated the use of an intraoperative or postoperative infusion of dextrose for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. METHODS: Our group […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Cho, Brian C., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 5 – p 981–992 BACKGROUND: Erythropoietic-stimulating agents such as erythropoietin have been used as part of patient blood management programs to reduce or even avoid the use of allogeneic blood transfusions. We review the literature to evaluate the effect […]
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