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Uncategorized Published - 14 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs May Reduce Deaths

Community opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs) — including the use of naloxone (Narcan) for rapid drug reversal — can improve bystander responses to overdose of heroin and related drugs, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. There is growing interest in OOPPs to fight the rising number […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Predictors of Functional Outcome after Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest

Published in Anesthesiology. 2014 May Authors: Constant AL et al BACKGROUND: Few outcome data are available about intraoperative cardiac arrest (IOCA). The authors studied 90-day functional outcomes and their determinants in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after IOCA. METHODS: Patients admitted to 11 intensive care units in a period of 2000-2013 were studied […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Novamin infusion: a new method to cure postoperative shivering with hypothermia

Authors: Zhou P et al BACKGROUND: Postoperative shivering is a frequent complication of surgery in developing countries and there is no satisfying method to treat it, let alone to cure it. We studied whether intravenous amino acid (AA) infusion can cure postoperative shivering in the postanesthesia care unit. METHODS: Sixty postanesthesia care unit patients with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Effect of severe acidosis on vasoactive effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine in human distal mammary artery

Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 May;147(5):1698-705 Authors: Vidal C et al OBJECTIVE: Acidosis is a very common pathologic process in perioperative management. However, how to correct severe acidosis to improve the efficacy of vasoconstrictors in hemodynamically unstable patients is still debated. The present study investigated whether severe extracellular acidosis influences the vasoactive properties […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Predictors of Functional Outcome after Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest

Published in Anesthesiology. 2014 May Authors: Constant AL et al BACKGROUND: Few outcome data are available about intraoperative cardiac arrest (IOCA). The authors studied 90-day functional outcomes and their determinants in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after IOCA. METHODS: Patients admitted to 11 intensive care units in a period of 2000-2013 were studied […]

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