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Uncategorized Published - 6 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Nationwide Recall of Etomidate Underway

Agila Specialties Private Limited, a subsidiary of Mylan Inc, has initiated a voluntary nationwide recall to the hospital/user level of 10 lots of etomidate injection 2 mg/mL because of multiple potential problems. Etomidate is a short-acting intravenous anesthetic agent packaged in glass vials in 10- and 20-mL volumes. The recalled lots of etomidate were manufactured […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Error Modelling in Anaesthesia

Slices of Swiss Cheese or Shavings of Parmesan Published in Br J Anaesth. 2014;113(6):905-906. Accidents in complex systems occur through the concatenation of multiple factors; each may be necessary, but only when all are present are conditions sufficient to produce an accident. In 1990, James Reason then a professor of Psychology at the University of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, and Multicenter Trial of Prophylactic Effects of Ramosetron on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) After Craniotomy Comparison With Ondansetron

Authors: Jung-Hee Ryu, Ji-Eun Lee, Young-Jin Lim, Deok-Man Hong, Hee-Pyoung Park, Jong-In Han, Hee-Jung Baik, Hyun-Zu Kim, Kyeong-Tae Min, Sang-Hwan Do Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(63) Background Craniotomy patients have a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This prospective, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic ramosetron in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Gabapentin on Top of Regional Anaesthesia Helps Patients Undergoing Mastectomy Postoperatively

Multimodal perioperative analgesia with paravertebral nerve block (PVB) and gabapentin decreases the length of hospitalisation and narcotic usage in patients undergoing mastectomy compared to conventional postoperative management with on-demand postoperative medications (CPM), according to a study presented here at the 37th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). The researchers say that the multimodality approach […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Injecting Knee With Liposomal Bupivacaine During Replacement Surgery Improves Recovery

Injecting a newer long-acting numbing medicine called liposomal bupivacaine into the tissue surrounding the knee during knee replacement surgery may provide a faster recovery and higher patient satisfaction. While improvements in implantable devices and surgical technique has made knee replacement surgery highly effective, pain control after surgery remains a common but persistent side effect for […]

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