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When it comes to surgery for patients with hip fractures, earlier is better. A database analysis by a team of Cleveland Clinic researchers concluded that for every 10-hour increase in time from hospital admission to surgery, one-year mortality in these patients increased by 5%. “There is considerable debate regarding the timing of surgery after hip […]
Read MoreAnemia either before or after surgery is associated with an incremental risk for postoperative acute kidney injury, and perhaps long-term mortality, a database analysis has concluded. Although prior research identified both preoperative and postoperative anemia as potential risk factors for complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, their relationship with AKI had not been defined […]
Read MoreAuthor: Veronica Hackethal, MD Several interventions improve success rates for extubation from mechanical ventilation in preterm infants, a new systematic review suggests. “Preterm infants should be extubated to noninvasive respiratory support, and routinely be given caffeine; corticosteroids should be used cautiously; and chest physiotherapy should be avoided owing to important adverse effects,” write Kristin Ferguson, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bret S. Stetka, MD et al Editor’s Note: Medscape recently interviewed Stephen Caleb Haskins, MD, a clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, about the emerging role that point-of-care ultrasound is playing in his field. Medscape: To start, what is point-of-care ultrasound? Dr Haskins: Point-of-care ultrasound is utilizing […]
Read MoreThe possibility of symptomatic or permanent phrenic nerve palsy (PNP) need not loom over every patient administered an interscalene nerve block. Ki Jinn Chin, MD, associate professor in the Department of Anesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, told attendees of the 2016 International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Peri-operative […]
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