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AUTHORS: Elmi-Sarabi, Mahsa MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 2 – p 393–402 BACKGROUND: In cardiac surgery, pulmonary hypertension is an important prognostic factor for which several treatments have been suggested over time. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we compared the efficacy of inhaled aerosolized vasodilators to intravenously administered […]
Read MoreWhat Perioperative Handoffs Do We Participate in and How Are They Different? The Official Journal of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Oct 2017 By Amanda Lorinc, MD, and Christopher Henson, DO Handoffs Handoffs, in the most concise description, are an exchange of responsibility for one or more patients from one provider to another. Handoffs are […]
Read MoreBy Barbara M. Scavone, MD, and John T. Sullivan, MD Postpartum Hemorrhage Postpartum hemorrhage complicates approximately 3% of U.S. deliveries and is most often due to uterine atony.1 Hemorrhage is the leading cause of severe maternal morbidity and contributes to 11.4% of U.S. maternal deaths.2,3 Globally, it is the leading cause of maternal death.4 Postpartum hemorrhage is often […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Epstein, Richard H. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 08, 2017 Background: Perioperative hypothermia may increase the incidences of wound infection, blood loss, transfusion, and cardiac morbidity. U.S. national quality programs for perioperative normothermia specify the presence of at least 1 “body temperature” ≥35.5°C during the interval from 30 minutes before to 15 minutes […]
Read MoreAUTHORS; Amar, David MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 1 – p 190–199 BACKGROUND: Protective lung ventilation (PLV) during one-lung ventilation (OLV) for thoracic surgery is frequently recommended to reduce pulmonary complications. However, limited outcome data exist on whether PLV use during OLV is associated with less clinically relevant pulmonary […]
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