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Uncategorized Published - 25 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.

By Robert Preidt HealthDay News Eating disorders — such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge-eating disorder — cost the U.S. economy nearly $65 billion in one recent year, a new report shows. About 75% of that ($48.6 billion) was due to lost productivity, according to the researchers. “Our study lays bare the devastating economic impact that eating disorders […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiology, the Tragedy of the Commons, and COVID-19

Author: Marco, Alan P. MD, MMM Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 120-123 As leaders in perioperative service management, anesthesiologists are familiar with requests from our proceduralist colleagues to come in early or stay late to get cases done. While this is clearly desirable from the proceduralist’s perspective, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Obesity, and Noninvasive Ventilation: Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Suen, Colin M. MD, PhD*,†; Hui, David S. C. MBBS‡; Memtsoudis, Stavros G. MD, PhD§; Chung, Frances MBBS*,† Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p 318-322 As health care providers tackle the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many questions have arisen regarding management of populations at increased risk […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Use of targeted anti-cytokine agents for COVID-19-related cytokine storm yields mixed results

By Denise Baez DG Alerts Use of tocilizumab and anakinra to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cytokine storm yield mixed results, with early identification and treatment of cytokine storm before intubation being more important than which anti-inflammatory agent is used, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. “Prompt identification and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Unresponsive COVID-19 patients have a better neurological prognosis than expected

Author: Matt O’Connor Health Imaging News Unresponsive patients infected with COVID-19 have a better chance of regaining consciousness than previously assumed, according to new research published in the Annals of Neurology. Massachusetts General Hospital doctors performed standard brain imaging tests and resting-state functional MRI in a 47-year-old man who slipped between coma and minimal consciousness […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Study: Pandemic Leading To Burnout, Stress Among Health Care Providers

Author: Lisa Ryan ideastream A new study published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine warns that health care providers may be experiencing increased burnout due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist and study co-author Dr. Praveen Chahar said provider burnout isn’t new, but dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has caused even more stress. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Use of a Modified System for Manual Ventilation of the Patient for In-Hospital and Extra-Hospital Transport to Avoid Aerosolizing Spread of Droplets During COVID-19 Outbreak

Authors: Fusco, Pierfrancesco MD; Petroni, Gian Marco MD; Di Carlo, Stefano MD; Tullj, Stefania MD; Arcangeli, Valentina MD; Marinangeli, Franco PhD Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e96-e97 To the Editor We read with great interest the open mind of Abd-Elsayed and Karri,1 which highlights the fact that health care […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
COVID-19 Pandemic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Survivors: Pain After the Storm?

Authors: L Vittori, Alessandro MD*; Lerman, Jerrold MD, FRCPC, FANZCA†; Cascella, Marco MD‡; Gomez-Morad, Andrea D. MD§; Marchetti, Giuliano MD*; Marinangeli, Franco MD, PhD‖; Picardo, Sergio G. MD* Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p 117-119 At the end of 2019, the Health Committee of Wuhan alerted the World Health […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Cerebral microbleeds, leukoencephalopathy tied to worse outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients

DG Alerts The presence of leukoencephalopathy and/or cerebral microbleeds is associated with critical illness, increased mortality, and worse functional outcome in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Shashank Agarwal, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, and colleagues said that their findings, published in the journal Stroke, could shed light on the pathophysiology of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Adaptation to the Plastic Barrier Sheet to Facilitate Intubation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Yang, Yao-Lin MD; Huang, Ching-Hsuan MD; Luk, Hsiang-Ning MD, PhD; Tsai, Phil B. MD, MPH Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e97-e99 To the Editor We read with interest the recent article by Brown et al,1 titled “Barrier System for Airway Management of COVID-19 Patients,” which described the […]

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