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Authors: Rita Saynhalath, M.D et al Anesthesiology December 2024, Vol. 141, 1075–1085. Background The Trial Remifentanil DEXmedetomidine (TREX) trial aimed to determine whether, in children less than 2 yr old, low-dose sevoflurane/dexmedetomidine/remifentanil anesthesia is superior to standard-dose sevoflurane anesthesia in terms of global cognitive function at 3 yr of age. The aim of the current secondary […]
Read MoreAuthors: Doug Campbell et al Anesthesiology December 2024, Vol. 141, 1086–1094. Background The Gompertz–Makeham law describes a characteristic pattern of mortality in human populations where the death rate is near constant between ages 18 and 30 yr (Makeham law) and rises exponentially thereafter (Gompertz law). This pattern has not been described in surgical populations, but if […]
Read MoreAuthor: Cameron Cortigiano Becker’s ASC Review Massachusetts has the highest number of anesthesiologists per capita out of any state at 26.78 anesthesiologists for every 100,000 residents. California has the highest number of anesthesiologists in total and 13.84 per capita. Data on the number of anesthesiologists in each state are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which […]
Read MoreAutnhors: Lara India, MD; Jason N. Batten, MD, MA ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 15–17. Imagine a patient presenting with a malignant bowel obstruction from metastatic colon cancer. She recently stopped chemotherapy due to frailty and worsening liver injury. Her oncologist recommended hospice care, which she declined. Now, she presents with severe abdominal discomfort and nausea […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. FDA clears Pi-Cardia’s leaflet-splitting device for valve-in-valve TAVR procedures00p The FDA has granted a de novo clearance to Pi-Cardia’s ShortCut device, designed to open up previously implanted heart valves and clear a path for blood to flow into the coronary arteries, allowing patients to undergo a successive transcatheter aortic […]
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