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Women with nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy are more likely to use marijuana, a JAMA Internal Medicine research letter finds. Researchers studied 220,000 pregnancies in California during which women had urine tests for marijuana and also self-reported marijuana use in the first trimester. Marijuana use was more common in pregnancies with severe nausea and vomiting (11%) […]
Read MoreExposure to which of the following is most likely to deactivate the color indicator in soda lime absorbent? (A) Fluorescent lights (B) Compound A (C) Water (D) Heat Ethyl violet is a pH-activated color indicator that is added to the soda lime used in the carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbent canister in the anesthesia circuit. It causes the […]
Read MoreGiving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, according to a new study by CU Boulder. The authors say the paradoxical findings, if replicated in humans, could have far-reaching implications for patient […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jessica Lovich-Sapola, M.D., M.B.A., FASA et al ASA Monitor 9 2018, Vol.82, 22-24. ASA has developed practice guidelines for preoperative fasting, most recently updated in 2017, with the goal of reducing the risk of pulmonary aspiration for healthy patients undergoing elective procedures. These current ASA “Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents […]
Read MoreBabies have long been offered a bit of sugar water or breast milk to comfort them during needle sticks, and a new study suggests these methods of pain relief may work even better when babies are also nestled in their mothers’ arms. Researchers randomly assigned 80 healthy three-day-old infants getting a needle stick in their […]
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