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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Single-dose Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Regional Anesthesia: A Retrospective Registry Analysis

Authors: Hagen Bomberg, M.D. et al      Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 505-515. Background: Catheter-related infection is a serious complication of continuous regional anesthesia. The authors tested the hypothesis that single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with a lower incidence of catheter-related infections. Methods: Our analysis was based on cases in the 25-center German Network for Regional Anesthesia database recorded […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Electronically Mediated Time-out Initiative to Reduce the Incidence of Wrong Surgery: An Interventional Observational Study

Authors: Brian S. Rothman, M.D. et al      Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 484-494. Background: “Wrong surgery” is defined as wrong site, wrong operation, or wrong patient, with estimated incidence up to 1 per 5,000 cases. Responding to national attention on wrong surgery, our objective was to create a care redesign intervention to minimize the rate of wrong […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of Intralipid® on the Dose of Ropivacaine or Levobupivacaine Tolerated by Volunteers: A Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Study

Authors: Pauline Dureau, M.D. et al Commentary: Lipid Emulsion in Local Anesthetic Toxicity: Long-winded, Rude, and Right Anesthesiology 9 2016, Vol.125, 474-483. Background: Rapid intravenous administration of lipid emulsion has become the standard treatment of severe local anesthetic systemic toxicity. This experiment in volunteers aimed at determining the effect of Intralipid® administration on the time to neurologic symptoms. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Epiglottitis: It Hasn’t Gone Away

Authors: J. Lance Lichtor, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 6 2016, Vol.124, 1404-1407. Due to the potentially unforgiving nature of epiglottitis and supraglottitis, the clinician should have a firm understanding of the presentation, work up, and management of a patient presenting with worrisome symptoms. George Washington, the United States’ first president, 2 yr after leaving office on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 September, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
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