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Uncategorized Published - 23 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Calibrated versus uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis in monitoring cardiac output with transpulmonary thermodilution in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: An observational study

Published in European Journal of Anaesthesiology January 2015 – Volume 32 – Issue 1 – p 5–12 Authors: Slagt et al BACKGROUND: Cardiac output (CO) measurement is often required in critically ill patients. The performances of newer, less invasive techniques require evaluation in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. OBJECTIVES: To compare calibrated arterial […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
How Many Cycles of OnabotulinumtoxinA for Chronic Migraine?

Authors: Silberstein SD et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2014 Dec 12; Most chronic migraineurs who ultimately respond to onabotulinumtoxinA do so with the first cycle, but a proportion of initial nonresponders may respond to a second or third cycle. In this manufacturer-funded study, researchers examined how many chronic migraineurs who do not respond to the first […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Little Evidence to Guide Opioid Use for Chronic Pain Management

There is little evidence that patients with chronic pain who receive long-term opioid treatment have improved function, enhanced quality of life, or diminished pain, according to a position paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Based on a National Institutes of Health workshop on the role of opioids for pain management, a panel recommends that “in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Pediatric airway anatomy may not be what we thought: implications for clinical practice and the use of cuffed endotracheal tubes

Published in Paediatric Anaesthesia (Sep 2014) Authors: Tobias J et al One of the long held tenets of pediatric anesthesia has been the notion that the pediatric airway is conical shape with the narrowest area being the cricoid region. However, recent studies using radiologic imaging techniques (magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography) or direct bronchoscopic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Ketamine peritonsillar infiltration during tonsillectomy in pediatric patients: An updated meta-analysis

Published in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 78 (10), 1735-41 (Oct 2014) Authors: Tong Y et al OBJECTIVES Peri-operative ketamine peritonsillar infiltration in children can reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), but its postoperative analgesic time is short. A previous meta-analysis in 2011 was inconclusive due to insufficient data. Consequently, we updated […]

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