Author: Elliott S. Greene, M.D. ASA Monitor 12 2016, Vol.80, 10-13. In United States health care settings, infection control breeches by staff, including anesthesia personnel, have resulted in numerous outbreaks of bacterial infections, primarily invasive bloodstream infections and patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B or C virus.1 Unsafe injection practices identified by the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Read MoreAuthors: Göran Hedenstierna, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 12 2016, Vol.125, 1079-1082. SEVERAL clinical trials on protective ventilation during anesthesia and postoperative pulmonary complications have been performed during the past years and assumed to be suitable as guidelines for clinical treatment.1–8 Comprehensive reviews and meta-analysis have also been performed.9,10 Why then do these studies differ in their recommendations? […]
Read MoreMedicine: November 2016 – Volume 95 – Issue 48 – p e5074 Authors: Zheng, Jun MD et al Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the effect of naloxone on intravenous fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy under total intravenous anesthesia. A total of 90 patients, who underwent intravenous fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy under […]
Read MoreAuthors: Åse Lodenius, M.D., D.E.S.A.et al Anesthesiology 10 2016, Vol.125, 700-715 Background: In contrast to general anesthetics such as propofol, dexmedetomidine when used for sedation has been put forward as a drug with minimal effects on respiration. To obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the regulation of breathing during sedation with dexmedetomidine, the authors compared ventilatory responses […]
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