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Uncategorized Published - 29 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Unexpected amaurosis occurring after peribulbar anesthesia: Exploring the causes in two cases

DG Journal Club Amina Rezkallah, Nezar Gargori et al. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020 Dec Peribulbar anesthesia (PB) is known to be safer than retrobulbar (RB) anesthesia. To our knowledge, no amaurosis has been described after PB. We report here the cases of two patients who underwent PB before membrane peeling. The injections were administered with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Restrictive Transfusion Strategy after Cardiac Surgery: Role of Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Trigger

Authors: Norddine Zeroual, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology January 2021. Background Recent guidelines on transfusion in cardiac surgery suggest that hemoglobin might not be the only criterion to trigger transfusion. Central venous oxygen saturation (Svo2), which is related to the balance between tissue oxygen delivery and consumption, may help the decision process of transfusion. We designed […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Researchers study what happens to your body during tailgating

This is important because my World Champion KC Chiefs play in the Super Bowl again so there will be some serious tailgating.   GO CHIEFS! AUTHOR: Elizabeth Parks, PhD, professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine The NFL playoffs are underway, and fans are finding ways to simulate tailgating […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Youth who try e-cigarettes may be three times as likely to smoke regular cigarettes

Author: Shraddha Chakradher STAT morning rounds A survey of U.S. youth who were followed for four years finds that those who try e-cigarettes are three times more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes than those who don’t try the devices. The study included data from those who were between the ages of 12-24. Nearly two-thirds of this group […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Intermediate-dose anticoagulation, aspirin tied to lower incidence of in-hospital death among inpatients with COVID-19

DG Alerts Intermediate-dose anticoagulation and aspirin were each associated with a lower cumulative incidence of in-hospital death among hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a study published in the American Journal of Hematology. “High VTE (venous thromboembolism) rates have been reported in critically ill patients with COVID-19 despite the use of prophylactic anticoagulation,” […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Patient and Procedural Determinants of Postoperative Pain Trajectories

Authors: Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology January 2021. Background The primary goal of this study was to evaluate patterns in acute postoperative pain in a mixed surgical patient cohort with the hypothesis that there would be heterogeneity in these patterns. Methods This study included 360 patients from a mixed surgical cohort whose pain was […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Fast-spiking Interneurons Contribute to Propofol-induced Facilitation of Firing Synchrony in Pyramidal Neurons of the Rat Insular Cortex

Authors: Yuko Koyanagi, D.D.S., Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology February 2021, Vol. 134, 219–233. Background The general anesthetic propofol induces frontal alpha rhythm in the cerebral cortex at a dose sufficient to induce loss of consciousness. The authors hypothesized that propofol-induced facilitation of unitary inhibitory postsynaptic currents would result in firing synchrony among postsynaptic pyramidal neurons that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
The Prevalence of Back and Leg Pain and the Cross-sectional Association With Adverse Health Outcomes in Community Dwelling Older Adults in England

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Esther Williamson, Maria T Sanchez Santos et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 Jan 1; 46(1): 54-61 STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of the Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle (OPAL) Cohort Study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of back pain (BP) and leg pain and determine […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Pregnant women unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns

DG Alerts A study published in JAMA Network Open shows that there was no maternal viremia, placental infection, or vertical transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a cohort of pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In addition, compromised transplacental transfer of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with robust transfer of influenza-specific immunity and nonoverlapping placental […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 January, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Current, former smokers with COVID-19 twice as likely to need hospital care

Autor: Brian P. Dunleavy UPI Smokers are at higher risk for hospitalization and death than non-smokers who contract COVID-19, a new study has found. Current and former long-time smokers are more than twice as likely to require hospital care after being infected with COVID-19 and nearly twice as likely to die from the virus compared to those […]

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