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Uncategorized Published - 17 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Respiratory Muscle Effort during Expiration in Successful and Failed Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

Authors: Jonne Doorduin, Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology 9 2018, Vol.129, 490-501. What We Already Know about This Topic: Inspiratory muscle weakness delays weaning from mechanical ventilation, but the contributions of expiratory muscles activity are less well understood. What This Article Tells Us That Is New: Twenty adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation (more than 72 h) performed […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Maternal Body Mass Index and Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study

Authors: Alexander J. Butwick, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.A., M.S. et al  Anesthesiology 9 2018, Vol.129, 448-458. What We Already Know about This Topic: Neuraxial labor analgesia for parturients is often recommended to avoid airway instrumentation in case of urgent surgical delivery The extent to which neuraxial use varies by maternal body mass index using modern, national data remains […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Postnatal Depression Nearly as Common in Dads as in Moms

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. Fathers are nearly as likely as mothers to screen positive for depression in the postpartum period, according to findings reported in JAMA Pediatrics. The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends that clinicians screen both mothers and fathers for perinatal depression. Researchers studied […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Defining an Intraoperative Hypotension Threshold in Association with Stroke in Cardiac Surgery

Authors: Louise Y. Sun, M.D., S.M. et al  Anesthesiology 9 2018, Vol.129, 440-447. What We Already Know about This Topic: Ischemic stroke after cardiac surgery is a devastating complication affecting approximately 2% of patients The relationship between hypotension occurring before, during, and after cardiopulmonary bypass and stroke remains unclear What This Article Tells Us That Is […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Do Hospitals Performing Frequent Neuraxial Anesthesia for Hip and Knee Replacements Have Better Outcomes?

Authors: Stavros G. Memtsoudis, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.P. et al  Anesthesiology 9 2018, Vol.129, 428-439. What We Already Know about This Topic: Neuraxial anesthesia is being used more frequently for elective hip and knee replacements It is unclear whether increasing rates of hospital-level use of neuraxial anesthesia are associated with beneficial medical or economic outcomes What This […]

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