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Uncategorized Published - 28 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Cortical Dynamics and Postoperative Cognition: Reply

Author: Phillip E. Vlisides, M.D. Anesthesiology April 2024. In Reply: We thank Mr. Kubo and Dr. Hosokawa for their interest in our study.  Perioperative neurocognitive disorders are a major public health issue, and advancing our neurobiologic understanding of these impairments represents an important step toward prevention and management. Our team welcomes the opportunity to discuss the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Type II Genial Tubercle Fracture

Authors: Ji Wang, M.D., Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology April 2024. Type II genial tubercle fracture, associated with traumatic mandibular fracture, may cause life-threatening airway compromise. In a case of a 12-yr-old boy with traumatic comminuted mandibular fracture, after anesthesia induction, hypoxia rapidly developed due to a limited view during direct laryngoscopy, intraoral bleeding, resistance to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Bad news for anesthesia

Author: Riz Hatton Becker’s ASC Review Here are three major concerns plaguing the anesthesia industry. Consolidation and private equity influence  Thomas Durick, MD, anesthesiologist at Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, told Becker’s: “As private equity firms keep buying up practices and making promises to hospital administrators they cannot keep (such as “We can reduce your […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, A13–A15. Conservative versus liberal oxygenation targets in critically ill children (Oxy-PICU): A UK multicentre, open, parallel-group, randomised clinical trial. Lancet 2024; 403:355–64. PMID: 38048787. Article Selection: Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, M.D. Image: Adobe Stock. Various clinical trials have been performed to identify the optimal oxygenation for invasively ventilated children, but it remains unclear […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 Guidance on Neurologic Complications of Neuraxial Analgesia/Anesthesia in Obstetrics

Authors: Manuel C. Vallejo, M.D., D.M.D. et al  Anesthesiology April 2024. To the Editor: Both parturients and healthcare providers have fears of neurologic complications associated with neuraxial analgesia/anesthesia, even though the odds are 5- to 10-fold higher for obstetric-related injury. More than half of parturients want to be informed of anesthetic risks even at a […]

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