Anesthesiology News Yvon F. Bryan, MD Anesthesiologist, Wake Forest Baptist Health Associate Professor, Anesthesiology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina Kathleen N. Johnson, BS Clinical Research Assistant, Anesthesiology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina Angioedema is an immunologic disorder that results in the rapid progression of localized subcutaneous or submucosal […]
Read MoreAuthors: Candiotti K et al Anesthesia & Analgesia (Aug 2018) BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) occurs commonly in surgical patients despite widespread prophylactic antiemetic use. Rescue options are currently limited. 5HT3 antagonists are most frequently used for prophylaxis, but if they fail, additional doses are not effective as rescue medication. Intravenous (IV) amisulpride, a […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Just Because the Joint Commission Says It Is So, Does Not Make It So John G. Brock-Utne, MD, PhD Professor of Anesthesia, Emeritus Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, Calif. Richard A. Jaffe, MD, PhD Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery […]
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Read MoreAuthor: David Ermak, DO Reviewed by: Sonia Vaida, MD Anesthesiology News A 28-year-old woman, with a body mass index of 38 kg/m2, presents to the emergency department with a severe headache; she had delivered a healthy newborn 2 days earlier. The headache is exacerbated in the upright position and significantly improved in the recumbent position; the pain […]
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