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Uncategorized Published - 11 November, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
IV fluid shortage expected to ease by December

Author: Paige Twenter Becker’s Hospital Review As the U.S. healthcare industry mitigates a critical shortage of intravenous fluids, experts predict the supply strain will alleviate by early December, Bloomberg reported. After Hurricane Helene sent flooding through Baxter’s North Cove manufacturing site in Marion, N.C. — which supplied 60% of the nation’s IV supply — the drugmaker […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 November, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Closed Claims Case Review CASE 2024-09: Diagnosis and Management of Subdural Catheters

Authors: Joy Hawkins, MD, FASA, and Richard Dutton, MD, MBA, FASA, on behalf of the Closed Claims Oversight Committee. ASA Monitor September 2024, Vol. 88, 14. Case presentation 1 A patient in her late twenties, G1P0, at term had a labor epidural catheter at L3-4, which was tested with 5 mL 1.5% lidocaine with epinephrine with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
How AI is reshaping the anesthesia workforce

Authors: Martin Nowak, MHA & Matthew Sherrer, MD KevinMD.com “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H. G. Wells, 1945 Many anesthesia professionals will likely recall the rise and fall of the Sedasys platform. Touted as a revolutionary advancement that would one day put anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists “out of work,” the Sedasys computerized […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Effects of Dexmedetomidine in Improving Oxygenation and Reducing Pulmonary Shunt in High-Risk Pediatric Patients Undergoing One-Lung Ventilation for Thoracic Surgery

Authors:  Khddam A, Rostom F, Hajeer M Cureus 16(9): e69659. September 18, 2024 Background and objectives Pediatric thoracic surgery has unique considerations due to the immaturity of the respiratory system anatomically and physiologically, which presents technical and pharmacological considerations, including the very common technique of one-lung ventilation (OLV), which causes serious complications in children. Therefore, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Spinal Cord Stimulation Alleviates Chronic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Due to Peripheral Nerve Injury

Authors: Nemoto A, Date H Cureus 16(9): e69383. September 14, 2024 Abstract Refractory neuropathic pain can be treated using opioids. We present a case of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to ameliorate neuropathic pain and successfully stop opioid administration in a patient with median nerve injury. A woman presented with median nerve neuropathy. The intractable pain […]

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