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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Patient blood management in the ICU

AUTHORS: Neef, Vanessa et al  European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care: April 2022 – Volume 1 – Issue 2 – p e002 Abstract The majority of ICU patients are anaemic. Anaemia is associated with worse outcomes and a necessity for red blood cell transfusions. ICU patients are a heterogeneous patient group with a broad spectrum […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Pain management after total knee arthroplasty

AUTHORS: Lavand’homme et al  European Journal of Anaesthesiology: September 2022 – Volume 39 – Issue 9 – p 743-757 BACKGROUND The PROSPECT (PROcedure SPEcific Postoperative Pain ManagemenT) Working Group is a global collaboration of surgeons and anaesthesiologists formulating procedure-specific recommendations for pain management after common operations. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with significant postoperative pain […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
General anaesthesia for nonobstetric surgery during pregnancy

AUTHORS: Bleeser, Tom et al  European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care: April 2022 – Volume 1 – Issue 2 – p e003 Abstract Nonobstetric surgery may be required in up to 1% of pregnancies. Most common procedures are urgent abdominal surgeries requiring general anaesthesia. Maintaining normal maternal physiology during anaesthesia is vital. Left lateral tilt […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
1 in 20 hospitalized COVID-19 patients develop new-onset AFib

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business More than 5% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 go on to develop new-onset atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.[1] The study’s authors fear that this is likely to have a significant impact on the cardiovascular health of an entire generation of Americans. The analysis included data […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Randomized Assessment of the Optimal Time Interval Between Programmed Intermittent Epidural Boluses When Combined With the Dural Puncture Epidural Technique for Labor Analgesia

AUTHORS: Yao, Han-Qing MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 15, 2022 BACKGROUND: The dural puncture epidural (DPE) and programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) techniques are recent advances in neuraxial labor analgesia. Previous studies have investigated the PIEB optimal interval for effective analgesia when a standard epidural technique is used to initiate labor analgesia. However, it […]

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