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Authors: Scherrer JF et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2019 Feb 19 The observed links between PTSD and incident cardiovascular disease are likely due to other common psychiatric and medical risk factors. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) even in studies controlling for traditional CVD risk factors […]
Read MoreBy E.J. Mundell HealthDay There’s good news for the millions of obese Americans with sleep apnea: Researchers report the use of the CPAP mask may greatly increase their chances for a longer life. Use of the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask was tied to a 62% decline in the odds for death over 11 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Leah C. Acker, Ph.D., M.D. et al Anesthesiology February 2019. In emergency and critical care medicine, focused cardiac ultrasound is well-established to rapidly narrow the differential diagnosis of hemodynamic instability.1 Although anesthesiologists have traditionally relied upon transesophageal echocardiography for this indication, perioperative providers are recognizing the advantages of focused cardiac ultrasound for crisis management. […]
Read MoreASA Monitor 2 2019, Vol.83, 56-57. You are working in the ambulatory center and learn that your next patient, scheduled for inguinal hernia repair, was chewing gum while entering the building. The admitting nurse asks whether you will delay or cancel the surgery. According to a recent randomized crossover trial of healthy adult volunteers, what effect […]
Read MoreBy Sandra Gordon for ASA “Delirium shouldn’t be the norm.” Making Delirium Prevention the Standard of Care at VUMC Christopher Hughes, M.D., medical director of the Neuro Intensive Care Unit and program director of the Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), discusses the pioneering efforts his intensive care unit (ICU) […]
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