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Author: Mariah Taylor Becker’s Clinical Leadership A study found patients who receive sedation from an anesthesiologist, instead of a physician who is not a trained anesthesiologist, are nearly 70% more likely to be discharged home than to a long-term care facility. The study, presented at the Anesthesiology 2023 annual meeting, analyzed data from 9,682 patients who had […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hyun-Jung Shin, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 710–711. In Reply: We thank Nelson et al., Goodwin et al., and Hughes et al. for their responses to our article. We would like to express our gratitude to Nelson et al. for raising important concerns. The fragility index is a novel method for measuring the robustness of results in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lauren M. Hughes, M.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 709. To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Shin et al. which concluded that dexmedetomidine shows a lower incidence of postoperative delirium compared to propofol sedation in healthy older adults undergoing lower limb surgery during spinal anesthesia, which included patients […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mark Nelson, M.D., M.Ed. et al Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 708. To the Editor: We read with interest the randomized controlled trial in the journal by Shin et al. comparing postoperative delirium rates in patients undergoing major joint replacement surgery under spinal anesthesia using propofol versus dexmedetomidine sedation. Not only does this trial inform on which agent may […]
Read MoreAuthors: Benjamin Steinhorn, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 705–707. To the Editor: Since their introduction more than a decade ago, sodium glucose transporter 2 inhibiting drugs have established themselves as important tools in the management of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure. However, periprocedural euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis has been associated with […]
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