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Researchers from Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants in Charlotte, N.C., have gone to great lengths, combing through 97,815 case files in a 16-year-old database containing 150,000 patients, in an effort to understand causes of perianesthetic death in children. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting in October 2017, the study revealed death rates and causes of perianesthetic […]
Read MoreAlthough epidural blockade is very effective in providing analgesia in laboring women, unilateral blockade can result in inadequate analgesia. Now, however, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto have found that a thermal imaging camera can be used for fast, noninvasive and objective detection of temperature asymmetry in patients with unilateral epidural […]
Read MoreThis has nothing to do with anesthesia however I thought our readers might like reading it since so many of us are trying to lose weight. A rise in body temperature directly affects brain cells that regulate eating. Exercise suppresses eating by heating up a region of the brain called the hypothalamus, according to a […]
Read MoreOpioids and sedatives may represent independent and additive predictors of cardiopulmonary and respiratory arrest (CPRA) in people undergoing medical or surgical procedures, according to a study published in PLoS One. For this study, researchers conducted a retrospective database analysis of 14,504,809 medical (mean age, 57.7 years) and 6,771,882 surgical (mean age, 56.4 years) inpatient discharges reported […]
Read MoreA new automated text messaging service may curb opioid abuse and reduce the likelihood of relapse while also decreasing treatment costs, according to a study published in NEJM Catalyst. The service provides automated text messages and phone calls to patients being treated for opioid addiction. Such messages ask patients if they’re feeling OK or struggling with […]
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