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Authors: Ilan Azuelos, M.D. et al Published in Anesthesiology on 3 2015 Background: Mechanical ventilation (MV) is associated with atrophy and weakness of the diaphragm muscle, a condition termed ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction (VIDD). Autophagy is a lysosomally mediated proteolytic process that can be activated by oxidative stress, which has the potential to either mitigate or exacerbate VIDD. […]
Read MoreThis article appears in the March 2015 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. The emergence of the SEDASYS system, the McSleepy, and other automated monitoring and drug delivery devices may herald the age of automation in anesthesia. Increasingly, a colonoscopy team includes not just a gastroenterologist but also an anesthesiologist. Not content with conscious sedation achieved through a […]
Read MoreThe odds of a clinician selecting the correct medication during a simulated medical emergency are more than twice as high when medication labels are designed to be read easily, researchers find. Labels on bags of IV fluids that are designed to be easy to read in a medical emergency can prevent medical errors and save lives, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Monserrate AE et al., JAMA Neurol 2015 Mar 72:325 Factors that acutely lower cerebrospinal fluid pressure may produce early post–lumbar puncture headache, but other factors affect headache persistence. Diagnostic lumbar punctures aid in the diagnosis of infections and diseases of the central nervous system. Life-threatening events from lumbar punctures are rare, but post–lumbar (dural) puncture headaches […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sousse LE et al., J Am Coll Surg 2015 Apr 220:570 Some outcomes appeared to be better with high tidal volume ventilation, but this study should not change practice. To compare the effects of low versus high tidal volume ventilation in pediatric patients with inhalational burns, researchers from a single burn hospital reviewed outcomes for 932 […]
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