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Uncategorized Published - 5 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Sodium Bicarbonate and Renal Function after Cardiac Surgery: A Prospectively Planned Individual Patient Meta-analysis

Published in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2 2015, Vol.122, 294-306. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000000547 Authors: Michael Bailey, Ph.D. et al Background: The effect of urinary alkalinization in cardiac surgery patients at risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) is controversial and trial findings conflicting. Accordingly, the authors performed a prospectively planned individual patient data meta-analysis of the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Obama Budget Gets Mixed Reviews from Providers, Advocates

The budget proposal calls for a permanent repeal of Medicare’s widely reviled sustainable growth rate funding formula for physicians, but also calls for about $400 billion in cuts, mostly to Medicare and Medicaid, over the next decade. The reaction from healthcare providers to the Obama Administration’s $4 trillion 2016 budget proposal has been mixed, but […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Intraoperative Core Temperature Patterns, Transfusion Requirement, and Hospital Duration in Patients Warmed with Forced Air

Authors: Zhuo Sun, M.D et al Published in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2 2015, Vol.122, 276-285. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000000551 Background: Core temperature patterns in patients warmed with forced air remain poorly characterized. Also unknown is the extent to which transient and mild intraoperative hypothermia contributes to adverse outcomes in broad populations. Methods: We evaluated esophageal (core) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Bleeding and the New Anticoagulants: Strategies and Concerns

Publshed in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2 2015, Vol.122, 236-237. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000000541 Authors: Charles Marc Samama, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.P.; Jerrold H. Levy, M.D., F.A.H.A., F.C.C.M. THE non–vitamin K antagonist K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) represent a major step forward as compared with low-molecular-weight heparins and vitamin K antagonists. Four active molecules are now available on the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Sodium Bicarbonate for Kidney Protection in Cardiac Surgery: Demise of Yet Another Magic Bullet?

Published in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2 2015, Vol.122, 233-235. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000000548 Authors: Duminda N. Wijeysundera, M.D., Ph.D.; Chirag R. Parikh, M.D., Ph.D. ACUTE kidney injury following cardiac surgery is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.  This important postoperative complication, termed cardiac surgery–associated acute kidney injury (CS-AKI), is multifactorial in etiology, with postulated causes including […]

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