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Uncategorized Published - 18 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Bradycardia as an Early Warning Sign for Cardiac Arrest During Routine Laparoscopic Surgery

Authors: Jonathan Yong et al Int J Qual Health Care. 2015;27(6):472-477. Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify clinical patterns of occurrence, management and outcomes surrounding cardiac arrest during laparoscopic surgery using the Australian Incident Monitoring Study (AIMS) database to guide possible prevention and treatment. Setting: The AIMS database includes incident reports from participating clinicians from […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Long-Term Use of NSAIDs May Increase Cancer-Related Deaths for Certain Patients

Regular use of over-the-counter non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of dying in patients diagnosed with type 1 endometrial cancers, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. For the observational study, Theodore Brasky, PhD, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues sought to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Lidocaine for Postoperative Analgesia and Recovery After Surgery

Authors: S. Weibel et al Br J Anaesth. 2016;116(6):770-783. A Systematic Review With Trial Sequential Analysis Background: Improvement of postoperative pain and other perioperative outcomes remain a significant challenge and a matter of debate among perioperative clinicians. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effects of perioperative i.v. lidocaine infusion on postoperative pain and recovery in patients […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Traumatic Brain Injury and Blood Pressure — A Paradigm Shift

For patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), the higher the prehospital systolic blood pressure the better — a finding that challenges the conventional wisdom that there is a clinically meaningful threshold, new research suggests. The study — the largest to date to look at this issue — found a linear association between lowest prehospital […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Feasibility of Automated Propofol Sedation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Pilot Study

AUTHORS: Zaouter, Cédrick MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2016 BACKGROUND: Recently, several trials have shown that closed-loop sedation is feasible. No study has used automated sedation in extremely frail patients, such as those scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We developed and tested a novel automated sedation system for this kind of population […]

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