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AUTHORS: Birnbach D et al; Anesthesia & Analgesia (Jul 2015) BACKGROUND Anesthesiologists may contribute to postoperative infections by means of the transmission of blood and pathogens to the patient and the environment in the operating room (OR). Our primary aims were to determine whether contamination of the IV hub, the anesthesia work area, and the […]
Read MoreCan J Anaesth. 2015 Aug 22. AUTHORS: Lavi S1 et al BACKGROUND: Sevoflurane is an inhalation anesthetic that has cardioprotective effects. There is limited information regarding its use outside of the operating room and its potential protective effect for patients presenting with myocardial infarction. METHODS: In the Sevoflurane In Acute Myocardial Infarction trial, patients […]
Read MoreDavid J. Kim, MD, MS Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Epiglottic cysts are rare and constitute only 5% of all benign laryngeal lesions.1 However, the true incidence of epiglottic cysts is unknown as many can be asymptomatic and discovered incidentally during workup of other […]
Read MoreJoseph Loskove, MD Chief of Anesthesia Memorial Healthcare System Hollywood, Florida Patients designated as “difficult to intubate” (DTI) are more at risk for losing their lives during both emergency and routine surgeries. Surprisingly, it is not the difficult airway itself that is most life–threatening; modern medical technology allows anesthesiologists to intubate even the most difficult […]
Read MoreJohn E. Fiadjoe, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Madhankumar Sathyamoorthy, MBBS, MS Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi Vikram Patel, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology Vanderbilt University Medical […]
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