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AUTHORS: De Jong, Audrey MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 BACKGROUND: “Macintosh”-videolaryngoscopes (VLs) are VLs that allow both direct and indirect laryngoscopy for intubation. We describe the decision-making and implementation-processes that our hospital used regarding the choice of device. We compared the performances of 4 Macintosh-VLs both in direct and indirect laryngoscopy. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Riegger, Lori Q. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2020 BACKGROUND: Intraoperative hypoglycemia can result in devastating neurologic injury if not promptly diagnosed and treated. Few studies have defined risk factors for intraoperative hypoglycemia. The authors sought to characterize children with intraoperative hypoglycemia and determine independent risk factors in a multicenter cohort. METHODS: […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kamal Maheshwari, M.D., M.P.H. et al Anesthesiology December 2020, Vol. 133, 1214–1222. Background The Hypotension Prediction Index is a commercially available algorithm, based on arterial waveform features, that predicts hypotension defined as mean arterial pressure less than 65 mmHg for at least 1 min. We therefore tested the primary hypothesis that index guidance reduces the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Sun, Mingyang MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2020 BACKGROUND: Anesthetic sevoflurane induces tau phosphorylation and cognitive impairment in young mice. The underlying mechanism and the targeted interventions remain largely unexplored. We hypothesized that dexmedetomidine and clonidine attenuated sevoflurane-induced tau phosphorylation and cognitive impairment by acting on α-2 adrenergic receptor. METHODS: Six-day-old […]
Read MoreAuthor: Eric Oliver Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesiologist Pramila Byahatti, MD, lost her medical license after she allegedly overprescribed opioids without a medical basis, the STL News reports. Dr. Byahatti allegedly traveled from her Rhode Island home to her office in New Jersey weekly to prescribe large amounts of opioids to patients. During her weekly visits, she saw […]
Read MoreAuthor: Denise Baez DG Alerts The second wave of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) cases appears to be characterised by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains with diverse genotypes, according to a study published in mBio. After sequencing the genomes of 5,085 SARS-CoV-2 strains causing 2 COVID-19 disease waves in Houston, Texas, S. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Potnuru, Paul P. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2020 BACKGROUND: The impact of the Florida State law House Bill 21 (HB 21) restricting the duration of opioid prescriptions for acute pain in patients after cesarean delivery is unknown. Our objective was to assess the association of the passage of Florida State law […]
Read MoreAuthor: Karen Sullivan Sibert, MD A penned point You may be weary of being told that our profession is facing a time of unprecedented threat – from third-party payers, from the government, from non-physician practitioners. You’ve heard it so often that your brain is tuning it out. Is the threat level exaggerated for dramatic effect? […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nedeljkovic, Srdjan S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 BACKGROUND: In women undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia with intrathecal morphine, transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block with bupivacaine hydrochloride (HCl) may not improve postsurgical analgesia. This lack of benefit could be related to the short duration of action of bupivacaine HCl. A […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira SUMMARY It’s back to the chalkboard as we continue our review of the teaching rules for anesthesia providers. In today’s article, we will focus primarily on case configuration, payment issues and documentation requirements. In today’s article, we want to address some additional rules and circumstances one must consider when it comes to […]
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