Authors: Andrew S. Huhn, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 131-141. What We Already Know about This Topic: The prevalence of patients prescribed buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder is increasing Managing acute pain in buprenorphine-maintained individuals can be challenging What This Article Tells Us That Is New: Large doses of intravenous hydromorphone can provide analgesia in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Annemarie Akkermans, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 92-105. What We Already Know about This Topic: It remains unknown what end-tidal carbon dioxide and mean arterial pressure are optimal for surgical management of patients with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The investigators retrospectively evaluated 1,099 patients who had endovascular […]
Read MoreAuthors: Andreas Duma, M.D., M.Sc. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 83-91. What We Already Know about This Topic: The incidence of major adverse cardiac events after electroconvulsive therapy is not knownWhat This Article Tells Us That Is New: Major adverse cardiac events and death after electroconvulsive therapy are infrequent and occur in about 1 of 50 patients […]
Read MoreAuthors: Amy M. Pichoff, M.D. et al ASA Monitor 12 2018, Vol.82, 16-19. Is fatigue inevitable? It seems rare these days to ask a physician how they are doing and receive a reply other than “tired.” Demands on our time seem never-ending. Attempting to accomplish everything on the proverbial “to do” list and balancing an anesthesiologist’s work […]
Read MoreBy ANDREW JOSEPH For the first time, a woman has given birth after receiving a uterus transplant from a deceased donor, researchers reported Tuesday. Until now, only uterus transplants from living donors have led to successful births. The whole field of uterus transplantation is in its early days. But researchers said that if transplant teams can […]
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