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Uncategorized Published - 25 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Heads Up: Higher Sniffing Position Best for View

Head elevation before direct laryngoscopy may substantially increase the likelihood of obtaining a better laryngeal view, making it the ideal starting point when difficult visualization is expected, research has shown. A research team led by Mohammad El-Orbany, MD, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, studied the effects of head elevation […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Conventional Versus Video Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Tube Exchange: Glottic Visualization, Success Rates, Complications, and Rescue Alternatives in the High-Risk Difficult Airway Patient

Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2015- Volume 121-Issue 2- p440-448 Authors: Mort, Thomas C. M.D. et al BACKGROUND: Tracheal tube exchange is a simple concept but not a simple procedure because hypoxemia, esophageal intubation, and loss of airway may occur with life-threatening ramifications. Combining laryngoscopy with an airway exchange catheter (AEC) may lessen the exchange risk. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Complications in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Review of the Legal Literature

Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2015 Authors: Fouladpour, Nick MD et al BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients undergoing surgery. OSA, known or suspected, has been associated with significant perioperative adverse events, including severe neurologic injury and death. This study was undertaken to assess the legal consequences associated with poor outcomes related to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Current and Emerging Technology In Anesthesia

Allan F. Simpao, MD 2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair, Society for Technology in Anesthesia Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jorge A. Galvez, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Tonsillectomy Guidelines Improve Processes but Not Outcomes

In the 2 years after publication of national guidelines on tonsillectomy quality of care, there were favorable changes in medication use among children undergoing this operation, according to a retrospective cohort study published June 22 in Pediatrics. However, the proportion of children returning to the hospital because of complications increased. Investigators assessed the effect of the 2011 […]

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