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Author: Michael C. Reade, M.B.B.S., D.Phil. Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 398. To the Editor: In the November 2016 issue of Anesthesiology, Wu et al.1 reported the results of their randomized controlled trial of low-dose (0.1 µg kg−1 h−1, nontitrated) dexmedetomidine in 76 nonmechanically ventilated noncardiac surgery patients aged 65 yr or older (an off-label use), in which dexmedetomidine was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Haley Goucher Miranda, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 397-398. To the Editor: In November 2016’s issue of Anesthesiology, Wu et al., in their article “Low-dose Dexmedetomidine Improves Sleep Quality Pattern in Elderly Patients after Noncardiac Surgery in the Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial,”1 demonstrated polysomnographic improvement in sleep in patients treated with […]
Read MoreAuthors: Josephine To, B.Pharm. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 317-325. Background: Preoperative anemia is a significant predictor of perioperative erythrocyte transfusion in elective arthroplasty patients. However, interactions with other patient and procedure characteristics predicting transfusion requirements have not been well studied. Methods: Patients undergoing elective primary total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty at a tertiary hospital […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kurt Ruetzler, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 307-316 Background: Supraglottic airway devices commonly are used for securing the airway during general anesthesia. Occasionally, intubation with an endotracheal tube through a supraglottic airway is indicated. Reported success rates for blind intubation range from 15 to 97%. The authors thus investigated as their primary outcome the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Allison J. Lee, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 241-249. Background: Current recommendations for women undergoing cesarean delivery include 15° left tilt for uterine displacement to prevent aortocaval compression, although this degree of tilt is practically never achieved. We hypothesized that under contemporary clinical practice, including a crystalloid coload and phenylephrine infusion targeted at maintaining […]
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