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Uncategorized Published - 28 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Pain Management Modalities after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Network Meta-analysis of 170 Randomized Controlled Trials

Authors: Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 5 2017, Vol.126, 923-937 Background: Optimal analgesia for total knee arthroplasty remains challenging. Many modalities have been used, including peripheral nerve block, periarticular infiltration, and epidural analgesia. However, the relative efficacy of various modalities remains unknown. The authors aimed to quantify and rank order the efficacy of available analgesic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Long-term Effects of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Kidney Function in High-risk Cardiac Surgery Patients: Follow-up Results from the RenalRIP Trial

Authors: Alexander Zarbock, M.D. et Anesthesiology 5 2017, Vol.126, 787-798. Background: In a multicenter, randomized trial, the authors enrolled patients at high-risk for acute kidney injury as identified by a Cleveland Clinic Foundation score of 6 or more. The authors enrolled 240 patients at four hospitals and randomized them to remote ischemic preconditioning or control. The authors […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
On the Road to Professionalism

Author: David H. Chestnut, M.D. Anesthesiology 5 2017, Vol.126, 780-786 Many observers have concluded that we have a crisis of professionalism in the practice of medicine. In this essay, the author identifies and discusses personal attributes and commitments important in the development and maintenance of physician professionalism: humility, servant leadership, self-awareness, kindness, altruism, attention to personal […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
ACE Question

ASA Monitor 04 2017, Vol.81, 56. A 67-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents to the emergency department with dyspnea. Her electrocardiogram shows atrial flutter with a ventricular rate of 150 beats/minute. Which of the following would be most effective for pharmacologic cardioversion to sinus rhythm in this patient? Atrial flutter is a right-sided atrial re-entrant […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor 04 2017, Vol.81, 46-47. You are in the process of placing a nontunneled central venous catheter (CVC) in an adult intensive care unit (ICU) patient. Based on the findings of a recent study, which of the following associations between CVC locations and adverse outcomes is mostlikely true? The use of CVCs has been associated with […]

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