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Please take this very serious one of our groups lost a pt that could not be reintubated after being extubated. Sally Stander, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine “Please come exchange the endotracheal tube in the ICU. We think there is a cuff leak.” […]
Read Moreby Leslie Small | Doctor groups in California say Anthem’s coverage policy for anesthesia during eye surgery “falls below the standard of care.” Doctors in California are raising the alarm over a recent policy change from Anthem that they say could harm patients undergoing cataract surgery. The policy categorizes monitored anesthesia care as “not medically necessary” during […]
Read MoreChristopher A Godlewski, MD Assistant Professor Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center Birmingham, Alabama A novel technique is presented, as are examples from cases. The management of the difficult airway is an extremely stressful situation for both the patient and the anesthesiologist, for several different […]
Read More…Low transfusion rates In a selected cohort of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, the use of hypotensive epidural anesthesia led to very low rates of transfusion and few cerebral oxygen desaturation events, according to a recent study. When used in healthy patients, this technique could lower intraoperative blood loss without compromising patient safety, the authors […]
Read MoreA study examining the relationship between blood requirements and outcomes in patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) support has shown that the total number of blood units transfused is predictive of mortality. Researchers also found that pediatric ECMO patients had a substantially lower mortality than adults. “The bottom line is that 37% of the pediatric […]
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