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AUTHORS: Bekeris, Janis MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 2 – p 475-484 BACKGROUND: Hip fracture patients represent various perioperative challenges related to their significant comorbidity burden and the high incidence of morbidity and mortality. As population trend data remain rare, we aimed to investigate nationwide trends in the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lang, Shih-Shan MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 2 – p 493-499 BACKGROUND: Moyamoya disease is a condition with potentially devastating and permanent neurological sequelae. Adequate volume status and blood pressure, tight control of carbon dioxide to achieve normocarbia, and providing postoperative analgesia to prevent hyperventilation are typical […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Park, Raymond S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 2 – p 367-373 BACKGROUND: In patients presenting for pyloromyotomy, most practitioners prioritize rapid securement of the airway due to concern for aspiration. However, there is a lack of consensus and limited evidence on the choice between rapid sequence […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Researchers have found that an advanced AI model can use imaging findings to make fractional flow reserve (FFR) calculations and predict when coronary artery plaque blockages require surgery. Sharing its findings in the International Journal of Cardiology, […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Clunies-Ross, Natasha MBBS, FRCA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 2 – p 485-492 BACKGROUND: QT interval prolongation is associated with torsade de pointes but remains a poor predictor of drug torsadogenicity. Increased transmural dispersion of myocardial repolarization (TDR), measured as the time interval between the peak and end […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Wingert, Theodora MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 2 – p 332-340 BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) has been well documented in adults after noncardiac surgery and demonstrated to be associated with adverse outcomes. We report the prevalence of AKI after pediatric noncardiac surgery, the perioperative factors associated […]
Read MoreDG News Reducing the standard dose of IV-administered ketamine in half is as effective as the larger, standard dose in reducing pain in adults with acute pain, according to a study published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. Ketamine is known to provide pain relief comparable to opioid medications, which are highly addictive. For the current […]
Read MoreDG News Author: 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, […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Trentino, Kevin M. MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 2 – p 344-352 BACKGROUND: In 2016, a preoperative clinic was implemented to screen, evaluate, and manage anemia and suboptimal iron stores at a major tertiary care medical center in Western Australia. Few studies compare the costs and reimbursements […]
Read MoreDG Alerts A study of more than 20,000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were hospitalised or died during the first wave found that the risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19 start increasing in people with a body mass index (BMI) >23 kg/m2, which is considered to be in the healthy range. The findings […]
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