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Patients in the PACU with a high risk for respiratory adverse events (RAEs) should be monitored for both noninvasive end-tidal carbon dioxide (CO2) and pulse oximetry using the Integrated Pulmonary Index (IPI), a new study suggests. RAEs can lead to increased duration in the PACU and greater medical costs, or a transfer to the ICU […]
Read MoreAnesthesiologists should consider using a larger Ring, Adair and Elwyn (RAE) tube for patients with diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to prevent dislodgment during surgery, a new study suggests. Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by repetitive narrowing or collapse of the upper airway during sleep. Although the “precise mechanism of pharyngeal collapse is unclear,” it […]
Read MoreSniffing isopropyl alcohol may be a cheap and effective way to relieve nausea among emergency department patients, a recent study suggests. Researchers from the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to test the efficacy of inhaled isopropyl alcohol for relieving nausea and pain versus placebo. The 80 patients […]
Read MoreAn elderly patient’s lactate level measured at the point of hospital admission does not predict mortality and complications following a hip fracture, a new study suggests. Hip fracture is a serious condition in the elderly patient population: The rate of four-month mortality is approximately 20%, according to researchers from Lund University, in Sweden. More than […]
Read MoreOnce thought to be a pipe dream, stellate ganglion block has been demonstrated in many trials to improve post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sometimes radically. A pilot study at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) not only confirmed these findings, but has taken it one step further by investigating […]
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