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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Heating and Cooling Rates With an Esophageal Heat Exchange System

AUTHORS: Kalasbail, Prathima, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 4 – p 1190–1195 BACKGROUND: The Esophageal Cooling Device circulates warm or cool water through an esophageal heat exchanger, but warming and cooling efficacy in patients remains unknown. We therefore determined heat exchange rates during warming and cooling. METHODS: Nineteen patients completed the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
High Risk for Prescription Opioid, Heroin Overdose in Baby Boomer Generation

Individuals born between 1947 and 1964 have a significantly increased risk for prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death, and those born from 1979 to 1992 also have an increased risk for heroin overdose death, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Public Health. Xiwen Huang, MPH, from Columbia University in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
As Many as 1 in 5 Deaths Among Millennials Involve Opioids

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. An estimated 20% of deaths among U.S. adults aged 25 to 34 years are related to opioid use, according to an analysis in JAMA Network Open. Researchers examined trends in opioid-related deaths using death certificates from 2001 to 2016. Among their findings: […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
New Feeding and Warming Device Gains FDA Clearance

A new model of the EnsoETM, capable of enteral fluid administration while also managing body temperature through a patient’s core, was granted 510(K) clearance from the FDA, according to a release from Attune Medical. The new model will provide food, medication, and warming or cooling to a patient through the esophagus in conjunction with the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthetic Management and Procedural Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Transapical Implantation of Artificial Chordae to Correct Mitral Regurgitation: Case Series of 76 Patients

AUTHORS: Samalavicius, Robertas, Stasys, MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 3 – p 776–784 BACKGROUND: Transapical implantation of artificial chordae using the NeoChord system (NeoChord Inc, Minneapolis, MN) is an emerging beating-heart technique for correction of mitral regurgitation (MR) through a minimally invasive left minithoracotomy. The purpose of the […]

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