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Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 2015 – Volume 121 – Issue 4 – p 861–867 AUTHORS: Klinger, Rebecca Y. MD, MS et al BACKGROUND: Hypomagnesemia has been associated with an increased risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF). Although previous studies have suggested a beneficial effect of magnesium (Mg) therapy, almost all of these are limited by […]
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the “rare but serious” risk for slowed or difficult breathing in children 17 and younger treated with the opioid analgesic tramadol. “This risk may be increased in children treated with tramadol for pain after surgery to remove their tonsils and/or adenoids,” according to a drug safety alert posted […]
Read MorePediatr Emerg Care 2015 Jul 14 AUTHORS: Hopper et al OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to explore physician perceptions of the amount of fluid that demonstrates a successful “trial of fluids” (adequate fluid intake) in the emergency department in children who have had insufficient fluid intake at home. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology 2015 Sep;123(3):524-34 AUTHORS: Martini CH et al BACKGROUND: A novel multidimensional index of nociception, the nociception level (NoL) index, derived from the nonlinear composite of heart rate (HR), HR variability, amplitude of the photoplethysmogram, skin conductance, fluctuations in skin conductance, and their time derivatives, was used to assess nociception during anesthesia. METHODS: Seventy-two American Society of […]
Read MoreHospitals and other healthcare facilities should stop using the Symbiq Infusion System manufactured by Hospira because hackers could gain access to the device and give patients life-threatening overdoses or underdoses of drugs, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced. Hospira has ceased making this line of computerized infusion pumps for unrelated reasons and is […]
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