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Authors: Donnino MW et al., BMJ 2014 May 20; 348:g3028 Inpatients who experience nonshockable cardiac arrest are more likely to survive when epinephrine is administered early. A large and increasing percentage of patients with cardiac arrests exhibit initial nonshockable rhythms (asystole or pulseless electrical activity [PEA]; 82% in 2009 vs. 69% in 2000; NEJM JW […]
Read MorePublished in Anesth Analg. 2014 May;118(5):981-6 Authors: Short TG et al., BACKGROUND: Deep general anesthesia has been associated with increased mortality in 5 observational studies. The association may be causal or an epiphenomenon due to increased anesthetic sensitivity in high-risk patients. We conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of performing a definitive randomized […]
Read MoreAdults with migraine have an increased risk for ischemic silent brain infarction relative to their migraine-free peers, a new study confirms. “Migraine is a neurovascular condition of the brain, with a small increased risk of silent brain infarctions, a risk factor for clinical stroke,” lead author Teshamae Monteith, MD, assistant professor of clinical neurology and […]
Read MoreThis is important because decreasing length of stay can make the anesthesia department more important to the hospital’s administration. Miller TE, Thacker JK, White WD, et al; Enhanced Recovery Study Group Anesth Analg. 2014;118:1052-1061 Study Summary This study investigated the feasibility, clinical effectiveness, and cost savings of a multimodal approach to enhanced recovery after surgery, […]
Read MoreThe color of a person’s eyes may predict how that person responds to pain. “There may be certain phenotypes that predict or indicate a person’s response to pain stimuli or drug treatment for pain,” Inna Belfer, MD, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania said. “Human pain is correlated with multiple […]
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