Isocapnia can be maintained during hyperventilation by administering carbon dioxide (CO2) through a modern anesthesia circuit without disconnecting it, a study has found. The study, performed by a team of anesthesiologists from the Institute for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, at Gothenburg University in Sweden, used a mechanical lung model set to 50 mL/cm H2O and […]
Read MoreConsider administering a single-shot interscalene nerve block following shoulder surgery, which provides an excellent quality of recovery when combined with multimodal oral analgesia. Researchers in the United Kingdom, using the recently developed Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) score, found that those receiving the nerve block were functioning at or slightly above preoperative levels at 24 and […]
Read MoreHarendra Arora, MD Professor, Anesthesiology Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Section Head, Vascular and Transplant Anesthesia UNC School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina The use of anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents has been increasing, primarily as a result of improved life expectancy, the aging population, prevalence of cardiovascular disease, […]
Read MoreAdductor canal catheters provide better pain control on postoperative day 1 prior to, during, and after patients’ first physical therapy session following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), compared with intra-articular catheters, according to a study presented here at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015, the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Furthermore, adductor canal catheters significantly […]
Read MoreElective induction of labor in first-time mothers with an unfavorable cervix increased the rate of cesarean deliveries compared with women who received expectant management in a randomized clinical trial, but the differences were not statistically significant. Although retrospective studies comparing elective induction with expectant management do not show an increased risk for cesarean delivery, and […]
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