AUTHORS: Udelsman, Brooks V. MD, MHS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 210-216 Background: High-quality shared decision-making for patients undergoing elective surgical procedures includes eliciting patient goals and treatment preferences. This is particularly important, should complications occur and life-sustaining therapies be considered. Our objective was to […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zimmermann, Julia MBBS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 202-209 Background: Patients with Stickler syndrome often require emergency surgery and are often anesthetized in nonspecialist units, typically for retinal detachment repair. Despite the occurrence of cleft palate and Pierre-Robin sequence, there is little published literature […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Franklin, Andrew D. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 182-193 Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways confer significant perioperative benefits to patients and are currently well described for adult patients undergoing a variety of surgical procedures. Robust data to support enhanced recovery pathway use […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zieleskiewicz, Laurent MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 172-181 Background: Postoperative pulmonary complications are associated with increased morbidity. Identifying patients at higher risk for such complications may allow preemptive treatment. METHODS: Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score >1 and who were […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Jalali, Ali PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 160-171 Background: Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of ≥1 cranial sutures and often requires surgical intervention. Surgery may involve extensive osteotomies, which can lead to substantial blood loss. Currently, there are no consensus recommendations for guiding blood […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Burbridge, Mark A. MD Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 93-97 Background: Sugammadex is a modified cyclodextrin that is being increasingly used in anesthetic practice worldwide for the reversal of the aminosteroid neuromuscular blockers rocuronium and vecuronium. Its safety profile, however, is incompletely understood. One such aspect […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fox, Gabriel M. MB BChir et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 150-159 Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are significant issues in surgical patients, and additional treatment options are needed. Dopaminergic antiemetics have been popular for their efficacy, but their use has been limited by […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kong, Hao MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 140-149 Background: Both selective and nonselective α-blockade are used for preoperative preparation in patients with pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs). However, the effects of different types of α-blockade on perioperative outcomes remain inconclusive. This study was designed […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Smith, Natalie K MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 130-139 Background: Intraoperative cardiac arrest (ICA) has a reported frequency of 1 in 10,000 anesthetics but has a much higher estimated incidence in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Single-center studies of ICA in OLT are limited […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Hensley, Nadia B. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2021 – Volume 132 – Issue 1 – p 100-107 Background: Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) before cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may minimize allogeneic red cell transfusion. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of RAP on perioperative allogeneic red cell […]
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