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Authors: Charles Cowles MD; Chester Lake MD; Jan Ehrenwerth, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation The thought of a fire in the operating room sends chills down the spines of health care professionals that are trusted to ensure our patient’s safety. This dreaded complication which often results in severe and disfiguring injuries can be eradicated at […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alan Condon Becker’s Spine Review Medtronic has released positive 12-month results from a clinical trial comparing its DTM spinal cord stimulation system to conventional spinal cord stimulation therapy with its Intellis system for the treatment of back pain. Four things to know: 1. At 12 months, 84 percent of patients treated with the DTM […]
Read MoreDG Alerts A study published in Thrombosis Research found that the risk of thromboembolism among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were hospitalised and then discharged was low. Of 140 patients discharged from a non-intensive care unit (ICU) ward, only 1 (0.71%) patient developed a pulmonary embolism 9 days after discharge. Of 35 patients who were discharged […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matthew Kruchak A pair of University of Manitoba studies show the detrimental impact on patients’ physical and mental health caused by surgical cancellations and postponements. These findings are especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic because of heightened surgical scheduling difficulties. “There’s a lot of implications for difficulties in accessing surgical care not only to […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: DelPizzo, Kate MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 273-279 BACKGROUND: Spinal anesthesia is known to have numerous benefits, including reductions in nausea and opioid consumption; however, postdural puncture headache (PDPH) remains a significant risk associated with this technique. The literature specifically examining this complication […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: McIsaac, Daniel I. MD, MPH, FRCPC et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 263-272 BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend routine preoperative frailty assessment for older people. However, the degree to which frailty instruments improve predictive accuracy when added to traditional risk factors is poorly described. Our objective was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jaideep J. Pandit, D.Phil. et al Anesthesiology November 2020, Vol. 133, 1046–1059. Background The degree to which different volatile anesthetics depress carotid body hypoxic response relates to their ability to activate TASK potassium channels. Most commonly, volatile anesthetic pairs act additively at their molecular targets. We examined whether this applied to carotid body TASK channels. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Congli Zeng, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2020, Vol. 133, 1060–1076. Background Pulmonary atelectasis is frequent in clinical settings. Yet there is limited mechanistic understanding and substantial clinical and biologic controversy on its consequences. The authors hypothesize that atelectasis produces local transcriptomic changes related to immunity and alveolar–capillary barrier function conducive to lung injury […]
Read MoreASA has continued to prioritize addressing the FY 2021 Medicare payment cuts to hospital-based physicians, surgeons, and others effective January 1, 2021. Along with other adversely impacted medical specialty organizations, ASA and its grassroots have urged Congress to act immediately to halt the cuts. Most recently, ASA supported the efforts of Congressmen Ami Bera, MD, […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nakano, Mitsunori MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 6 – p 1534-1544 BACKGROUND: Although frailty has been associated with major morbidity/mortality and increased length of stay after cardiac surgery, few studies have examined functional outcomes. We hypothesized that frailty would be independently associated with decreased functional status, […]
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