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Medical News Today People may experience sacroiliac (SI) joint pain, also known as sacroiliitis, as a sharp or shooting pain in the lower back and buttocks. SI joint pain may or may not radiate down the legs. SI joint pain occurs in an estimated 15–30% of people with chronic lower back pain. However, the complex nature of the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News In a controversial finding, there was no apparent association noted between intraoperative hypertension and the risk for acute kidney injury (AKI), acute myocardial injury and mortality after noncardiac surgery. The retrospective study found no obvious thresholds above which systolic blood pressure is related to postoperative acute myocardial injury/mortality or AKI. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Intubation using video laryngoscopy (VL) with a Macintosh-shaped blade achieved a higher first-pass success (FPS) rate than with conventional direct laryngoscopy (DL) for elective surgeries, an international multicenter, randomized study has concluded. Results from this trial, which were presented at the 2019 World Airway Management Meeting in Amsterdam (abstract 422), […]
Read MoreAuthor: Carl (Yuan-Feng) Lo, MD Anesthesiology News Case Presentation A 12-year-old, 53-kg girl presented to the ER with excruciating (10/10) left ankle pain. The patient said, “Please don’t touch my left ankle and foot. It is so painful that I can’t put any weight or wear socks anymore!” Three months earlier, the patient was in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News A retrospective study has cast doubt on the usefulness of adding gabapentinoids to multimodal analgesia after total hip or knee arthroplasty. The study, conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, N.C., concluded that use of gabapentinoids was associated with increased odds of postoperative pulmonary complications, either used […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kovatch, Kevin J. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 445-451 BACKGROUND: Pediatric-specific difficult airway guidelines include algorithms for 3 scenarios: unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation, difficult mask ventilation, and cannot intubate/cannot ventilate. While rare, these instances may require front-of-neck access (FONA) to secure an airway […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Yuan, Ian MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 462-471 BACKGROUND: In infants and young children, anesthetic dosing is based on population pharmacokinetics and patient hemodynamics not on patient-specific brain activity. Electroencephalography (EEG) provides insight into brain activity during anesthesia. The primary goal of this […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nafiu, Olubukola O. MD, FRCA, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 452-461 BACKGROUND: Many of the common equations used for body surface area determination were either introduced before the widespread prevalence of childhood obesity, contained very few children in their sample, or have not […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kwun-Tung Ng et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 498-504 BACKGROUND: Hip fracture is a challenging geriatric problem for the health care professionals, especially in patients with multiple comorbidities. In patients with inoperable hip fracture secondary to severe comorbid conditions, the pain can lead to significant […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lee, Jeong Soo MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 480-487 BACKGROUND: Age-related changes in upper airway anatomy may affect the overall performance of supraglottic airways significantly. The clinical performance of the i-gel and the self-pressurized air-Q intubating laryngeal airways with noninflatable cuffs for elderly […]
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