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AUTHORS: Cameron, Matthew, J., MDCM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 1 – p 33–38 BACKGROUND: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is associated with early and late morbidity and mortality of cardiac surgical patients. Prophylactic treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has been recommended to improve outcome in cardiac surgical patients at high […]
Read MoreAn investigational formulation of IV meloxicam relieved pain, spared opioid usage and was well tolerated after major surgeries in patients of varied demographics and health status. These findings come from three reports of phase 3 studies presented at the 2017 annual PAINWeek meeting. “Because IV meloxicam is in the nonopioid class of drugs, Recro Pharma […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bowring MG et al. Am J Transplant 2017 Nov Patients who accepted an IRD kidney had lower 5-year mortality than those who declined IRD organs. The Public Health Service has defined behavioral criteria that identify potential donors as increased-risk donors (IRDs) at higher risk for recent infection with hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and […]
Read MoreThe committee that plans and oversees medical care for the county of Hertfordshire, England announced recently that unless obese patients lose a specified amount of weight and smokers quit smoking for at least eight weeks, they will not be allowed to undergo elective surgery. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 must […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kalra, Rajat, MBChB et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 3 – p 867–875 BACKGROUND: Targeted temperature management (TTM) with therapeutic hypothermia is an integral component of postarrest care for survivors. However, recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have failed to demonstrate the benefit of TTM on clinical outcomes. We sought […]
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