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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Should We Restrict Erythrocyte Transfusion in Early Goal Directed Protocols?

Authors: Patrick Meybohm et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2015;15(75) Background: Early goal-directed therapy has been endorsed in the guidelines of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign as a key strategy among patients presenting with severe sepsis or septic shock. But more importantly, early goal-directed therapy also became standard care for non-septic critically ill patients and was adopted for high-risk surgical […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Preterm Surgeries May Impair Later Cognition

Authors: Gano D et al., Pediatr Res 2015 Sep 78:323 A significant reduction in composite IQ scores was found at age 3 to 6 years when preterm infants had two or more surgeries before term-equivalent age. There has been growing concern about potential adverse effects of general anesthesia on the developing brain. In a prospective […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Early versus late removal of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for general anaesthesia

AUTHORS: Mathew P, Mathew J; The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 8 CD007082 (Aug 2015) BACKGROUND The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is a safe and effective modality to maintain the airway for general anaesthesia during surgical procedures. The LMA is removed at the end of surgery and anaesthesia, when the patient maintains an adequate respiratory […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Simulation-based training in flexible fibreoptic intubation: A randomised study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology: September 2015 – Volume 32 – Issue 9 – p 609–614 AUTHORS: Nilsson, Philip M. et al BACKGROUND: Flexible fibreoptic intubation (FOI) is a key element in difficult airway management. Training of FOI skills is an important part of the anaesthesiology curriculum. Simulation-based training has been shown to be effective when […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Novel 10-kHz High-frequency Therapy (HF10 Therapy) Is Superior to Traditional Low-frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain: The SENZA-RCT Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 10 2015, Vol.123, 851-860 Background: Current treatments for chronic pain have limited effectiveness and commonly known side effects. Given the prevalence and burden of intractable pain, additional therapeutic approaches are desired. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) delivered at 10 kHz (as in HF10 therapy) may provide pain relief […]

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