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Uncategorized Published - 15 November, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Pediatric Difficult Airway

By SEAN FOX MD Respiratory illness, sepsis, and trauma are three important entities afflicting children that may lead to needing to manage a child’s airway. Airway management in the ED is a complex interplay of patient factors, clinical illness status, and provider factors that, through our thorough training we become proficient at navigating. We have discussed many airway concepts previously (ex, ETT Depth, Cuffed ETTs, Apneic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 November, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Disruption of Hippocampal Multisynaptic Networks by General Anesthetics

Authors: Min-Ching Kuo, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 11 2017, Vol.127, 838-851. Background: Previous studies showed that synaptic transmission is affected by general anesthetics, but an anesthetic dose response in freely moving animals has not been done. The hippocampus provides a neural network for the evaluation of isoflurane and pentobarbital on multisynaptic transmission that is relevant to memory […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 November, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Battling burnout

The Heart of the Matter: Finding Meaning in Medicine and Discovering How Compassionate Doctors Can Save Physicians are expected to improve or save the lives of their patients, yet a growing number of physicians are struggling to enhance their own lives. It is estimated that 400 U.S. physicians a year commit suicide and thousands of others struggle […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 November, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthetic Management of Narcolepsy Patients During Surgery: A Systematic Review

AUTHORS: Hu, Sally MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 22, 2017 BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, and/or hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations, and in some cases cataplexy. The response to anesthetic medications and possible interactions in narcolepsy patients is unclear in the perioperative period. In this systematic review, we […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 November, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Hats Off: A Study of Different Operating Room Headgear Assessed by Environmental Quality Indicators

Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 103rd Annual Clinical Congress, Scientific Forum, San Diego, CA, October 2017. Authors: Troy A. Markel, MD, FACS et al Background The effectiveness of operating room headgear in preventing airborne contamination has been called into question. We hypothesized that bouffant style hats would be as effective in preventing bacterial […]

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