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Despite becoming a widespread practice, routine use of video laryngoscopy in the ICU is not supported by the evidence. This is the argument made in a recent editorial in JAMA, titled “Video Laryngoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit: Seeing Is Believing, but That Does Not Mean It’s True.” The editorial, by Brian O’Gara, MD, et al (JAMA 2017 […]
Read MoreMany women are prescribed more opioids than needed after C-section, creating a risk for misuse and diversion. Interviews with Brian Bateman, MD, Whitney You, MD, and Nicole Higgins, MD Physicians routinely over-prescribe opioids to patients who undergo Cesarean sections, according to a group of studies published online on June 8, 2017 in the journal Obstetrics & […]
Read MoreAuthors: Daisuke Sugiyama, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology published on June 22, 2017 Background: H2O2 has a variety of actions in skin wounds but has been rarely studied in deep muscle tissue. Based on response to the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 antagonists after plantar incision, we hypothesized that H2O2 exerts nociceptive effects viathe transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 […]
Read MoreBy Robert E. Johnstone, MD Anesthesia practice guidelines are out of control—too many to adopt, too anecdotal to accept and too political to take seriously! Every society seems to issue them now, in order to announce their existence, promote their brand or troll for members. I would ignore most of them, but unfortunately lawyers use […]
Read MoreDo individual anesthesiologists directly affect patient outcomes? For years, anesthesiologists have attempted to answer this question empirically. Now, a recent study has concluded that anesthesiologists do affect outcomes, and at a rate similar to that of surgeons. “Despite everything that’s happened with surgical improvement over the years, we still see troubling rates of complications and […]
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