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Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD, described tubing misconnections as “a reality” of the practice of anesthesiology and the delivery of treatment in hospitals, long-term care centers and hospital facilities. However, Dr. Gupta, vice-chair of the Division of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesiology and associate professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, […]
Read MoreReg Anesth Pain Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;39(6):506-12 Authors: Chen H et al BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that continuous right thoracic paravertebral block, following bolus initiation, decreases opioid consumption after right-lobe hepatectomy in patients receiving patient-controlled intravenous analgesia with sufentanil. METHODS: Patients undergoing right-lobe hepatectomy with a right thoracic paravertebral catheter placed at T7 30 minutes […]
Read MoreSignificant airway changes occur during the administration of general anaesthesia, including a decrease in patients’ intraoral space and an increase in their neck thickness, according to results of a prospective cohort study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). After extubation following general anaesthesia, the risk of difficult laryngoscopy […]
Read MoreIntraoperative use of dexmedetomidine does not significantly affect post-operative agitation in children under 12 years of age, according to results of a single-centre, retrospective study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Post-operative (or emergence) agitation refers to restlessness, disorientation, crying, delusions, and non-purposeful thrashing movements that occur after […]
Read MoreThe most common factors for unplanned admission following outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy are surgical observations, pain, and postoperative and post-discharge nausea and vomiting (PONV), according to results of a retrospective study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Careful selection of patients, increased use of anaesthesia techniques, and more aggressive […]
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