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Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 Authors: Castro-Alves, Lucas J. MD et al BACKGROUND: Postsurgical quality of recovery is worse in female than that in male patients. Duloxetine has been used successfully for the treatment of chronic pain conditions, but its use for preventing acute postoperative pain has been limited to a single previous study. More […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 Authors: Ahn, Hyun Joo MD, PhD et BACKGROUND: Fluid is restricted in thoracic surgery to reduce acute lung injury, and hydroxyethyl starches (HES) are often administered to reduce fluid amount. This strategy may contribute to the development of acute kidney injury (AKI). We evaluated the incidence, risk factors, and prognosis […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 Authors: Fritz, Bradley A. MD et al BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium is a common complication associated with increased morbidity and mortality, longer hospital stays, and greater health care expenditures. Intraoperative electroencephalogram (EEG) slowing has been associated previously with postoperative delirium, but the relationship between intraoperative EEG suppression and postoperative delirium has […]
Read MoreIdentifying a child presenting with a difficult airway may not be quite as easy as pediatric anesthesiologists believe, according to a chart review by a Canadian research team. Investigators at The Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, found that nearly 20% of difficult airways were unanticipated and more than half occurred in patients with no […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: Oct 2015 Volume 121 Issue 4 p 981-987 Authors: Bauchat, Jeanette R. MD et al BACKGROUND: Neuraxial analgesic techniques are the most effective form of labor analgesia. Small studies (9–21 patients), conducted 10 to 20 years ago, demonstrated successful neuraxial labor analgesia in only 50% to 66% of patients with surgical correction […]
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