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Authors: Manuel Taboada, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2018, Vol.129, 321-328. What We Already Know about This Topic: Reported incidence rates of difficult trachea intubation are higher outside of the operating room than in the operating room The differences may be explained by operator-related, patient-related, and environment-related factors What This Article Tells Us That Is […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gianluca Cappelleri, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2018, Vol.129, 241-248. What We Already Know about This Topic: Reducing the volume of local anesthetic administered for neural blockade may increase safety Local anesthetic administration can result in nerve damage What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The low volume intraneural injection of ropivacaine 1% provided […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Enhanced recovery pathways can be successfully implemented for complex hip and pectus excavatum surgeries in children, according to a team of researchers. Among the benefits observed after such a pathway was instituted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) were reduced postoperative pain and nausea and vomiting (PONV), earlier mobility, decreased hospital […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News The POET (PeriOperative Enhancement Team) program at Duke University Health System aims to enhance patient health preoperatively in order to improve postoperative outcomes. The program had considerable success with its initial foray into anemia management. Other areas for preoperative enhancement have since followed. “As anesthesiologists, we have to think of ourselves […]
Read MoreAuthor: W. Harry Fortuna Anesthesiology News The incendiary response from the medical community to the working white paper written by two economists on the moral hazards of naloxone access resulted in a full-throated defense of the much heralded recovery drug. Although the white paper seems unlikely to affect policy, as the recent statement from Surgeon General […]
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