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Uncategorized Published - 21 June, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Fluid Management: Cheers to the Dream of Moderation

by Michael G Mythen, MBBS, MD, and Michael PW Grocott, BSc, MBBS, MD Fluid management is a fundamental component of the care we give our patients undergoing surgery. Establishing intravenous access and setting up a bag of fluid to flow into a vein is so much a part of everyday working life that we rarely […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 June, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
New Developments for the Management of Sepsis

by Todd Dodick, MD; Steven Greenberg, MD; and Michael O’Connor, MD  An experienced health care provider can identify the septic patient with barely a glance, but were you to ask them to define sepsis, many providers would struggle to provide a clear definition. This difficulty likely stems from a failure of understanding of the underlying […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 June, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Opioids Commonly Prescribed After Hospitalizations and Kept Around the House Long After

One in seven U.S. hospitalizations among older adults is followed by an opioid prescription, and current practices of storing and disposing of these drugs are “suboptimal,” according to two JAMA Internal Medicine studies. In the first study, researchers examined nearly 625,000 Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized in 2011 and had no opioid prescription in the prior […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 June, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Electronically Mediated Time-out Initiative to Reduce the Incidence of Wrong Surgery: An Interventional Observational Study

Anesthesiology published on 6 2016 Authors: Brian S. Rothman, M.D. et al 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 surgery. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 June, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Rapid Infusion of Hydroxyethyl Starch 70/0.5 but not Acetate Ringer’s Solution Decreases the Plasma Concentration of Propofol during Target-controlled Infusion

Anesthesiology published on 6 2016 Authors: Sayako Itakura, M.D. et al      Background: Rapid fluid infusion resulting in increased hepatic blood flow may decrease the propofol plasma concentration (Cp) because propofol is a high hepatic extraction drug. The authors investigated the effects of rapid colloid and crystalloid infusions on the propofol Cp during target-controlled infusion. Methods: Thirty-six […]

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