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Uncategorized Published - 8 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
The Case for Case Reports: Significant Impact Found, Even in Guidelines

What place do case reports have in the anesthesia literature? According to research, their impact is significant, being regularly cited in review articles and even clinical guidelines. Even so, the quality of such reports needs improvement, and their worth can be gauged by implementation of the Case Report (CARE) guidelines (www.care-statement.org). “Case reports have always […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Failed Attempts at Intubation Associated With More Adverse Events

Failure to achieve first-attempt success during intubation using a video laryngoscope is associated with higher odds of adverse events in the ICU, according to a recent study. First-attempt success should be the goal of emergency airway management, regardless of location or device used, the researchers said. “First-attempt success isn’t a patient-centered outcome, but it is […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring During Mediastinoscopy: Which Side Are You On?

Case Report: Adam A. Dalia, MD, MBA Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Michael K. Essandoh, MD Associate Director of Clinical Research Associate Professor, Clinical Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology The Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, Ohio Routine mediastinoscopy can be a fairly low-risk […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Achieving Ecological Sustainability In Anesthesiology

Believe it or not, damages from health-sector pollution are on the same order of magnitude as lives lost each year from preventable medical errors. Therefore, striving to keep patients safe should include efforts to protect public health. “Ironically, the health sector is one of the worst polluting industries,” said Jodi Sherman, MD, assistant professor of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Better Monitoring Reduces Post-op Respiratory Complications

Sending patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who are undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) to the ICU for intensive monitoring during the first postoperative night improves respiratory complication–related outcomes, a new study has found. Patients with OSA have a higher incidence of postoperative respiratory complications, according to researchers from Jikei University, in Tokyo. Certain procedures, […]

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