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Uncategorized Published - 15 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: When to Delegate? Try the 70 Percent Rule

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers who are in management. If you don’t learn to embrace the art of delegation, you won’t be able to build your business. The 70 percent rule gives you guidance on how to do it well. So when do you delegate a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 15 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: The Changing Face of Opioid Addiction

The image of the opioid addict as a young person is fast becoming outdated, a new study suggests. Today, someone abusing opioids could be a working mom, or even a senior, a new review suggests. According to various sources, Americans aged 50 to 69 years represent the fastest growing population of opioid addicts, and the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 15 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Intensive Postresuscitation Treatment May Improve Short-Term Survival from Cardiac Arrest

Authors: Kocjancic ST et al., Resuscitation 2014 Jul 7; Although intensified postresuscitation care was associated with improved outcome overall, in patients with shockable rhythms, early PCI was the only advanced intervention that was independently associated with improved outcome. Using a cardiac arrest registry in Slovenia, researchers compared outcomes between comatose survivors of nontraumatic cardiac arrest […]

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Uncategorized Published - 15 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Do Not Use Cricoid Pressure with the i-gel Airway Device

Authors: Hashimoto Y et al., Anaesthesia 2014 Aug 69:878 Both insertion and ventilation with the i-gel are more successful without cricoid pressure. To determine whether cricoid pressure affects placement or effectiveness of ventilation with the i-gel supraglottic airway device, researchers conducted a randomized crossover study of 40 healthy adults undergoing elective surgery. In each patient, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Obese Patients Create Challenges for Physician Anesthesiologists

This was a lecture from the ASA national meeting. Complications in treating obese patients were discussed Sunday in “Evidence-Informed Anesthesia for the Severely Obese: Example Obstetrics and Gynecology – Does It Exist?” Three presentations looked at challenges during childbirth, the effect of using higher doses of drugs based on weight and the respiratory physiology of […]

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