AUTHORS: Kim, Hyerim MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 5 – p 1064-1072 BACKGROUND: Maneuvers for preventing passive regurgitation of gastric contents are applied to effectively occlude the esophagus throughout rapid sequence induction and intubation. The aim of this randomized, crossover study was to investigate the effectiveness of cricoid […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kahn, Ronald A. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 5 – p 1057-1063 BACKGROUND: Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning supported by interactive visual interfaces called dashboards. In this report, we describe our experience addressing the challenges in visual analytics of anesthesia electronic health record (EHR) […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Burfeind, Kevin G. MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 5 – p 1048-1056 BACKGROUND: The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria is an explicit list of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) best avoided in adults ≥65 years of age. Cognitively impaired and frail surgical patients often experience poor […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Beltran, Ralph J. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 5 – p 1041-1047 BACKGROUND: Recent data in adult patients indicate that the use of sugammadex compared to neostigmine for reversal of neuromuscular block (NMB) was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of composite postoperative pulmonary complications. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tung, Avery MD, FCCM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2022 – Volume 135 – Issue 5 – p 903-910 Now 2 years old, the unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic produced a medical response that was equally unprecedented. Starting with nearly no knowledge about diagnosis, transmission, prevention, treatment, or predictors of outcome, physicians and […]
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