Author: Paige Twenter Becker’s Hospital Review The internal backup battery in Draeger’s Perseus A500 anesthesia machines might unexpectedly fail, the FDA said April 25. In March, Draeger told customers of the 3,713 machines to test the device’s batteries and return any products with malfunctioning batteries. Four incidents, zero injuries and zero deaths have been reported, according to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mark I. Zakowski, M.D. et al Anesthesiology April 2024. To the Editor: The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA; Schaumburg, Illinois) House of Delegates recently approved the “Statement on Pain during Cesarean Delivery” from the Committee on Obstetric Anesthesia advising all practitioners on the pervasive problem of failure to achieve pain-free cesarean delivery. Parturients experience […]
Read MoreAuthors: Xiang Li, M.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, 1052–1053. In Reply: We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. González, Dr. Maldonado, and Dr. Cornejo for their invaluable feedback, and to Dr. Edmark and Dr. Östberg for their perceptive remarks on our study about individualized positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in managing postoperative atelectasis in obese […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lennart Edmark, Ph.D.; Erland Östberg, Ph.D. Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, 1051–1052. To the Editor: We read with expectations the study “Individualized Positive End-expiratory Pressure on Postoperative Atelectasis in Patients with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial,” by Li et al. We congratulate the authors for succeeding in completing this interesting study despite the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Roberto González, M.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, 1050–1051. To the Editor: We read with great interest the article published by Li et al., which addresses a topic still under discussion in the literature: the individualization of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in mechanically ventilated patients during surgery. In this study, the authors compared […]
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