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Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2015 Authors: Romero-Grimaldi et al BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic pain often suffer from affective disorders and cognitive decline, which significantly impairs their quality of life. In addition, many of these patients also experience stress unrelated to their illness, which can aggravate their symptoms. These nociceptive inputs are received by the hippocampus, […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2015 Authors: Su, Felice MD et al BACKGROUND: Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective [alpha]2-agonist with hypnotic, analgesic, and anxiolytic properties. Despite off-label administration, dexmedetomidine has found a niche in critically ill neonates and infants with congenital heart disease because of its minimal effects on respiratory function at sedative doses, facilitating early extubation […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2015 Authors: Huang, Li MB BS, PhD et al BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive continuous cardiac output measurements are recommended for use during anesthesia to guide fluid therapy, but such measurements must trend changes reliably. The NICOM Cheetah, a BioReactance monitor, is being recommended for intraoperative use. To validate its use, Doppler methods, […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 – Volume 121 – Issue 3 – p 736–745 Authors: Garutti, Ignacio PhD, MD et al BACKGROUND: Pulmonary edema (PE) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) may compromise the postoperative course and prolong the duration of mechanical ventilation (MV) and intensive care unit length of stay. Hemodynamic monitoring with transpulmonary thermodilution […]
Read MoreHaving to retake MRI scans due to patient motion can easily cost a hospital upward of $100,000 in lost annual revenue, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Analyzing a random week of MRI activity, researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle found that […]
Read MoreIn patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a continuous infusion of local anesthetic via an anterior abdominal wall catheter does not improve pain control and does not reduce the use of narcotics or antiemetics, or decrease the hospital length of stay (LOS). “Our study does not support the increased cost of using the continuous infusion [analgesic] […]
Read MoreThere is strong agreement among respondents to a nationwide survey that anesthesiologists’ coordination of health care following the perioperative surgical home (PSH) model will help reduce health care costs by improving efficiencies and outcomes. A recent study found that American physicians are enthusiastic about strategies that focus on quality of health care and continuity of […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 – Volume 121 – Issue 3 – p 632–641 Authors: Schonberger, Robert B. MD, MA et al BACKGROUND: Because of uncertainty regarding the reliability of perioperative blood pressures and traditional notions downplaying the role of anesthesiologists in longitudinal patient care, there is no consensus for anesthesiologists to recommend postoperative primary […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2015 Authors: Birnbach, David J. MD, MPH et al BACKGROUND: Anesthesiologists may contribute to postoperative infections by means of the transmission of blood and pathogens to the patient and the environment in the operating room (OR). Our primary aims were to determine whether contamination of the IV hub, the anesthesia work […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hagiwara Y et al., Am J Emerg Med 2015 Jun 19; A Japanese registry study suggests the score has fair sensitivity and specificity. The LEMON score is a mnemonic for predicting difficult intubation. It stands for Look, Evaluate the 3-3-2 rule, Mallampati score, Obstruction, and Neck mobility (NEJM JW Emerg Med Mar 2005 and Emerg Med J 2005; 22:99). […]
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