In the budget submitted to Congress on February 2, President Barack Obama is seeking almost $84 billion for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in fiscal 2016, about a $5 billion increase from the previous year. The funding would cover everything from a replacement of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, to […]
Read MoreI included this since anesthesia providers are sitting most of their day. A large analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine supports earlier observations that the health hazards of sedentary behavior aren’t completely neutralized by exercise. Researchers examined data from 47 studies that assessed the health effects of sedentary behavior adjusted for physical activity. Sedentary behavior was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Fengxian Li, M.D.; Changxiong J. Guo, B.A.; Cheng-Chiu Huang, Ph.D.; Guang Yu, Ph.D.; Sarah M. Brown, Ph.D.; Shiyuan Xu, M.D.; Qin Liu, Ph.D. Published in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists on 1 2015. Background: Isoflurane is a potent volatile anesthetic; however, it evokes airway irritation and neurogenic constriction through transient receptor potential (TRP) A1 channels and sensitizes TRPV1 channels, […]
Read MorePublished in Br J Anaesth. 2014;113(3):340-343. It is fascinating and alluring—the evidence is converging that with goal-directed haemodynamic therapy we can actively contribute to better postoperative outcomes of our patients, particularly in our high-risk patients. And this is potentially possible, as suggested by an overwhelming number of publications from recent years, with completely non-invasive advanced […]
Read MoreNeosaxitoxin, a novel site 1 sodium channel blocker, significantly prolonged sensory blockade when combined with bupivacaine, with or without epinephrine, in the first-in-human trial of this compound. The study, presented here at Anesthesiology 2014, was distinguished as the Best Clinical Abstract. “Neosaxitoxin prolonged local anesthesia, when given either alone or with bupivacaine or epinephrine, while […]
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