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Respiratory depression (RD) often strikes patients within 24 hours of surgery and causes death or brain damage in the most serious of these cases, yet these injuries are often preventable, a new study from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project and Anesthesia Quality Institute found. More than 88% of the RD events that led to malpractice […]
Read MoreDavid Hardman, MD, MBA Professor of Anesthesiology Vice Chair for Professional Affairs Department of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina The risk for permanent or severe nerve injury after peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) is extremely low, irrespective of its etiology (ie, related to anesthesia, surgery or the patient). […]
Read MoreAuthors: Paul Picton, MB, Ch B MRCP, FRCA et al Anesthesiology published August 2015 Background:: Beach chair positioning during general anesthesia is associated with cerebral oxygen desaturation. Changes in cerebral oxygenation resulting from the interaction of inspired oxygen fraction (Fio2), end-tidal carbon dioxide (PETco2), and anesthetic choice have not been fully evaluated in anesthetized patients in the beach […]
Read MoreAs you may already be aware, there was a “whistleblower” suit in Missouri claiming that the anesthesiologists were only doing “supervision,” not “medical direction” because the anesthesiologists were physically present in the operating room at the time of “emergence.” The case was based on there being a definition of “emergence” and in this case no […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hagiwara Y et al., Am J Emerg Med 2015 Jun 19; A Japanese registry study suggests the score has fair sensitivity and specificity. The LEMON score is a mnemonic for predicting difficult intubation. It stands for Look, Evaluate the 3-3-2 rule, Mallampati score, Obstruction, and Neck mobility (NEJM JW Emerg Med Mar 2005 and Emerg Med J 2005; 22:99). […]
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