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Author: Zia Sherrell, MPH MedicalNewsToday Migraine can affect anyone, but it is more common in females. Compared with males, females are three to four times more likely to experience migraine. This statistic comes from a paper in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. The reasons that migraine is more common in females are not entirely clear. That […]
Read MorePeter Wu MD FASA The New England Journal of Medicine October 9, 2021 BACKGROUND The effects of spinal anesthesia as compared with general anesthesia on the ability to walk in older adults undergoing surgery for hip fracture have not been well studied. METHODS We conducted a pragmatic, randomized superiority trial to evaluate spinal anesthesia as […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gavin M. Hamilton, M.D., M.Sc. et al Anesthesiology November 2021, Vol. 135, 829–841. Background There is need to identify perioperative interventions that decrease chronic opioid use. The authors hypothesized that receipt of a peripheral nerve block would be associated with a lower incidence of persistent postoperative opioid prescription fulfillment. Methods This was a retrospective […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tan, HuiLing MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 5 – p 1321-1330 BACKGROUND: The maternal pain threshold gradually increases during pregnancy, especially in late pregnancy. A series of mechanisms underlying pregnancy-induced analgesia have been reported. However, these mechanisms are still not completely clear, and the underlying molecular mechanisms […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: White, L. D. MBBS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 5 – p 1296-1302 BACKGROUND: The erector spinae block is an efficacious analgesic option for the management of rib fracture–related pain. Despite there being minimal published data specifically addressing the safety profile of this block, many societies have made […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tommaso Mauri, M.D. et al Anesthesiology December 2021, Vol. 135, 1066–1075. Background Experimental and pilot clinical data suggest that spontaneously breathing patients with sepsis and septic shock may present increased respiratory drive and effort, even in the absence of pulmonary infection. The study hypothesis was that respiratory drive and effort may be increased in […]
Read MoreASA Monitor October 2020, Vol. 84, 13–14. An active 4-year-old girl underwent anesthesia for routine MRI evaluation of medulloblastoma at a freestanding health care facility. Multiple previous anesthetics for the same investigation were noted to be uneventful. The parental MRI screening questionnaire noted a potential past reaction to contrast in another medical facility, which the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Vignesh Sankar, BS, Nazir Noor, MD, Ruben H. Schwartz, DO, Jason Hoyos, DO, FASA ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 41. Mount Sinai Medical Center-Miami Beach is Florida’s largest private, nonprofit teaching hospital focused on providing high-quality care to the diverse community of South Florida through teaching, research, and community advocacy. Established in 1949, our system includes […]
Read MoreASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 11. A 48-year-old man is undergoing primary resection of a large meningioma involving the anterior cranial fossa and possibly middle cranial fossa. At the teamsteps briefing, the surgeon mentions that he wants a lumbar spinal drain. After an uneventful induction, the patient is placed left side down for placement […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ben Rehouma, Mouna MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 5 – p 1311-1320 BACKGROUND: Visceral and parietal peritoneum layers have different sensory innervations. Most visceral peritoneum sensory information is conveyed via the vagus nerve to the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). We already showed in animal models […]
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