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A Single-Centre Retrospective Study on Incidence, Demographics and Outcome Authors: Christoph L. Lassen et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2015;15(164) Background: While anesthesiologist’s involvement in palliative care has been widely researched, extensive data on palliative patients under anesthesiological care in the operating room is missing. This study was performed to assess the incidence, demographics, and outcome of […]
Read MoreAuthors: R. L. Johnson et al Br J Anaesth. 2016;116(2):163-176. Background: This systematic review evaluated the evidence comparing patient-important outcomes in spinal or epidural vs general anaesthesia for total hip and total knee arthroplasty. Methods: MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, EBSCO CINAHL, Thomson Reuters Web of Science, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from inception […]
Read MoreLocal anesthesia and sedation with dexmedetomidine (Precedex, Hospira) is more efficient and better tolerated than general anesthesia when conducting stapes surgery, according to a new study. “We’re talking about a very delicate microsurgery within the ear,” noted Lynnie Correll, MD, PhD, of the Anesthesiology Department of the University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, N.Y. […]
Read MoreAs streamlined as hospital throughput may be, unanticipated surgical cancellations still have a significant effect on an institution’s bottom line. Yet, as a University of Texas Health Science Center analysis has revealed, such missteps can be prevented with a preoperative visit to an anesthesia evaluation clinic. “The perioperative surgical home has initially put a lot […]
Read MoreA new handoff protocol boosted communication while slashing errors among nurses, anesthesiologists and surgeons during the transfer of patients from the operating room (OR) to the PACU. There was a dramatic decrease in lapses in the surgery and anesthesia reports after the rollout of the new handoff process at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, […]
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