Published in Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology January 2015 – Volume 27 – Issue 1 – p 1–6 Authors: Ghoneim, Ayman A. MD et al Background: The aim of this prospective, comparative, randomized study was to compare the inhalational anesthetics isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane in pediatric patients undergoing craniotomy for excision of supratentorial tumors. We assessed […]
Read MoreAuthors: Wei Gao, M.D. et al Anesthesiology Published 3 2015. Background: One-lung ventilation (OLV) can result in local and systemic inflammation. This prospective, randomized trial was to evaluate the effect of therapeutic hypercapnia on lung injury after OLV. Method: Fifty patients aged 20 to 60 yr undergoing lobectomy were randomly provided with air or carbon dioxide (partial pressure […]
Read MoreThis is for our pain providers. Authors: Lipton RB et al., Neurology 2015 Jan 21; Ineffective acute treatment is associated with progression from episodic to chronic migraine, but a causal relationship cannot be assumed. Using population-based data from the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study, the authors examined whether efficacy of acute migraine treatment predicted progression from […]
Read MorePublished in Anesthesiology 3 2015. Authors: Randolph H. Steadman, M.D., M.S et al Background: This study describes anesthesiologists’ practice improvements undertaken during the first 3 yr of simulation activities for the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program. Methods: A stratified sampling of 3 yr (2010–2012) of participants’ practice improvement plans was coded, categorized, and analyzed. Results: Using the sampling […]
Read MorePUBLISHED in Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2015 – Volume 120 – Issue 3 – p 526–533 AUTHORS: Glance, Laurent G. MD et al. BACKGROUND: One of every 150 hospitalized patients experiences a lethal adverse event; nearly half of these events involves surgical patients. Although variations in surgeon performance and quality have been reported in the […]
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