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Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Doctors on a plane save woman’s life by constructing a makeshift medical ventilator in mid-air

Woman on JetBlue flight from Florida to Jamaica had medical event last month Doctors John Flanagan and Matthew Stevenson leaped to her aid in mid-flight They fashioned a ventilator from an oxygen tank and tubing on the plane Plane diverted to Fort Lauderdale and woman survived the ordeal By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com PUBLISHED: 19:44 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Distal Subclavian Cannulation and Extravasation

Author: Brian T. Gierl, M.D. Anesthesiology 2 2018, Vol.128, 423. To the Editor: In reading “Examining the Edges of Extravasation”1  I noticed that the subclavian catheter enters the skin quite laterally. A more lateral cannulation often tunnels through the pectoral musculature, the tail of the breast in a female patient, and a thicker portion of adipose tissue […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
The Pediatric Anesthesiology Workforce: Projecting Supply and Trends 2015–2035

AUTHORS: Muffly, Matthew K. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 2 – p 568–578 BACKGROUND: A workforce analysis was conducted to predict whether the projected future supply of pediatric anesthesiologists is balanced with the requirements of the inpatient pediatric population. The specific aims of our analysis were to (1) project […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Avoidance of Hyperoxemia during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Why Does Pathophysiology Not Always Translate into Clinical Outcome?

Authors: Hilary P. Grocott, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.S.E.; David Faraoni, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.P. Anesthesiology 2 2018, Vol.128, 419. To the Editor: The safety of hyperoxemia during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has long been debated, with some evidence suggesting it induces vasoconstriction that may reduce organ (e.g., myocardial, kidney) perfusion.1  Even though the mechanism of this purported hyperoxic vasoconstriction is only […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 February, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Office BP Measurement Often Misses Hypertension After Severe Preeclampsia

By Amy Orciari Herman Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is “essential” to diagnose masked hypertension in a substantial number of women in the year after severe preeclampsia, researchers conclude in Hypertension. The researchers studied 200 women in the Netherlands who were referred for long-term cardiovascular follow-up after severe preeclampsia. All women had both 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring […]

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