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Uncategorized Published - 10 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Time to Merge Emergency Airway Algorithms With Mixed Simulation

Author Fran D’Ercole, MD Professor of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina Management of the Unanticipated Difficult Airway The focus of this article is on methods to better understand the variables and triggers involved in the management of the unanticipated difficult airway that defaults to an emergency surgical airway. As a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
The Effect of Adductor Canal Block on Knee Extensor Muscle Strength 6 Weeks After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

AUTHORS: Rousseau-Saine Nicolas MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August, 2017 BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) reduces knee extensor muscle strength (KES) in the operated limb for several months after the surgery. Immediately after TKA, compared to either inguinal femoral nerve block or placebo, adductor canal block (ACB) better preserves KES. Whether this short-term increase in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Core Temperature Monitoring in Obstetric Spinal Anesthesia Using an Ingestible Telemetric Sensor

AUTHORS: du Toit et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 1 – p 190–195 BACKGROUND: Perioperative hypothermia may affect maternal and neonatal outcomes after obstetric spinal anesthesia. Core temperature is often poorly monitored during spinal anesthesia, due to the lack of an accurate noninvasive core temperature monitor. The aim of this study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
MACRA in the Year Ahead: Changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) in 2018

Authors: Leslie Kociemba, M.P.H.; Matthew T. Popovich, Ph.D. ASA Monitor 01 2018, Vol.82, 52-53. On November 2, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its “CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program Final Rule with Comment” as well as an Interim Final Rule for “Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance Policy for the Transition Year”. Updates to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Emergency Legal Authority and the Opioid Crisis

Authors: Lainie Rutkow, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., and Jon S. Vernick, J.D., M.P.H. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:2512-2514 December 28, 2017 Opioid-overdose deaths in the United States have steadily increased for the past 15 years, with more than 33,000 such deaths reported in 2015. The epidemic is unfolding on two fronts: use of prescription opioid pain […]

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