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DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Go Otao, Toyoaki Maruta et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Apr 30; 100(17): e25560 ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of combined opioids by comparing four regimens of patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) after cesarean section.Parturient patients who underwent elective or emergent cesarean section under combined spinal and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Hsieh, Vincent C. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 15, 2021 BACKGROUND: Children with mitochondrial disease undergo anesthesia for a wide array of surgical procedures. However, multiple medications used for their perioperative care can affect mitochondrial function. Defects in function of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) can lead to a profound hypersensitivity to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kamal Maheshwari, M.D., M.P.H. et al Anesthesiology April 2021 Background Excessive or inadequate fluid administration causes complications, but despite this, fluid administration during noncardiac surgery is highly variable. Goal-directed management helps optimize the amount and timing of fluid administration; however, implementation is difficult because algorithms are complex. The authors therefore tested the performance of […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Authors: Matthias Derwall, Mark Coburn Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2021 May; 35(1): 3-9 The clinical concept of frailty as a detectable and improvable clinical condition has emerged in the field of geriatric medicine over the past two decades. Albeit frailty can be described as the rapid deterioration of organ function during […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Napoleone, Gabby BSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 8, 2021 BACKGROUND: Closed-loop control of propofol-remifentanil anesthesia using the processed electroencephalography depth-of-hypnosis index provided by the NeuroSENSE monitor (WAVCNS) has been previously described. The purpose of this placebo-controlled study was to evaluate the performance (percentage time within ±10 units of the setpoint during the maintenance […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tao, Kunming MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 8, 2021 BACKGROUND: Cholestatic diseases are often accompanied by elevated plasma levels of endogenous opioid peptides, but it is still unclear whether central or peripheral mechanisms are involved in this process, and little is known about the change of pain threshold in these patients. The […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business As transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) continues to gain popularity, researchers all over the world are working to learn as much as possible about how to boost outcomes while still delivering high-quality care. One team out of Germany, for example, explored how the care team’s heart valve of choice and […]
Read MoreASA Monitor October 2020, Vol. 84, 13–14. Case 2020-10: Operating in a digital vacuum 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 […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Faulk, Debra J. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 4, 2021 – Volume – Issue – 10.1213 BACKGROUND: Although the package insert clearly states that “the safety and efficacy of sugammadex in pediatric patients have not been established,” we hypothesized that sugammadex is used widely in pediatric anesthetic practice supplanting neostigmine as the primary […]
Read MoreDG News Authior: Brian Hoyle Local anesthetics reduce opioid requirement and pain scores after lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy with multimodal analgesia, according to a study presented at the 2021 Virtual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO). “Multimodal analgesia during ambulatory breast surgery is associated with reduced postoperative opioid use and pain scores, […]
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