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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Comparison of Tracheal Intubation Conditions in Operating Room and Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective, Observational Study

AUTHORS: Manuel Taboada, M.D., Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology published on May 21, 2018. Background: Tracheal intubation is a common intervention in the operating room and in the intensive care unit. The authors hypothesized that tracheal intubation using direct laryngoscopy would be associated with worse intubation conditions and more complications in the intensive care unit compared with the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Effects of Prone Positioning on Transpulmonary Pressures and End-expiratory Volumes in Patients without Lung Disease

AUTHORS: Abirami Kumaresan, M.D. Anesthesiology 6 2018, Vol.128, 1187-1192. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000002159 Background: The effects of prone positioning on esophageal pressures have not been investigated in mechanically ventilated patients. Our objective was to characterize effects of prone positioning on esophageal pressures, transpulmonary pressure, and lung volume, thereby assessing the potential utility of esophageal pressure measurements in setting positive end-expiratory […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Restricting Fluids Post Abdominal Surgery Doesn’t Up Survival

Fluid restriction has no impact on disability-free survival; increases risk of acute kidney injury A restrictive fluid regimen is not associated with increased disability-free survival for patients at increased risk of complications during major abdominal surgery, but is associated with increased acute kidney injury, according to a study published online May 10 in the New England […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Neuroinflammation seen in spinal cord, nerve roots of patients with chronic sciatica

Location of inflammation may determine which patients are successfully treated with steroid injections Authors: Daniel Albrecht, PhD et al Pain May 2018 A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found, for the first time in humans, that patients with chronic sciatica — back pain that shoots down the leg — have evidence of inflammation […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Nitrous Oxide and Decreased White Matter Integrity and Volume during Childhood

AUTHORS: Kirk Hogan, M.D., J.D. Anesthesiology 6 2018, Vol.128, 1260-1261. The article by Block et al. reports that 94% of teenagers with broadly distributed, decreased white matter integrity and volume on magnetic resonance imaging of their brains inhaled nitrous oxide for over an hour during surgery and anesthesia in their first year of life. A manuscript cited by […]

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