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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Spinal Anaesthesia Linked to Higher Opioid Use After Hip Fracture Surgery

DG News Spinal anaesthesia was associated with more pain in the first 24 hours after hip fracture surgery and more prescription analgesic use at 60 days compared with general anaesthesia, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. “In our study, patients who got spinal anaesthesia did get fewer opioids in the operating […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Hospital-, Anesthesiologist-, Surgeon-, and Patient-Level Variations in Neuraxial Anesthesia Use for Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery

AUTHORS: Roberts, Derek J. MD, PhD, FRCSC et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 11, 2022 BACKGROUND: Although neuraxial anesthesia may promote improved outcomes for patients undergoing lower limb revascularization surgery, its use is decreasing over time. Our objective was to estimate variation in neuraxial (versus general) anesthesia use for lower limb revascularization at the hospital, anesthesiologist, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Rimegepant, Ubrogepant, and Lasmiditan in the Acute Treatment of Migraine Examining the Benefit-Risk Profile Using Number Needed to Treat/Harm

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Karissa Johnston, Lauren Powell, Evan Popoff, Linda Harris Clin J Pain. 2022 Sep 26 OBJECTIVES To develop and compare benefit-risk profiles for rimegepant, ubrogepant, and lasmiditan based on a network meta-analysis (NMA) of published clinical trials. METHODS A fixed-effects Bayesian NMA of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of lasmiditan, rimegepant, and ubrogepant […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Cardiac surgeons perform the world’s first partial heart transplant

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Surgeons with Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina, have made a bit of history, performing what is believed to be the world’s very first partial heart transplant in a neonate congenital heart patient. The patient was a newborn baby, Owen Monroe, who was born with truncus arteriosus. Owen’s two main […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Thrombosis-Related Loss of Arterial Lines in the First Wave of COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Patients

AUTHORS: Zon, Rebecca L. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 11, 2022 BACKGROUND: Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can present with severe respiratory distress requiring intensive care unit (ICU)–level care. Such care often requires placement of an arterial line for monitoring of pulmonary disease progression, hemodynamics, and laboratory tests. During the first wave of […]

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