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NBC News The growth in life expectancy in the U.S. over the next four decades is expected to be slower than it was in the four previous decades, according to census reports released Thursday. By 2060, almost a quarter of all U.S. residents will be over age 65, and life expectancy will reach an all-time […]
Read MoreAuthors: Taruna W. Penmetcha, MD et al Anesthesiology News A Case Report and Review Methadone is a mu agonist used in detoxification treatment for patients who abuse opioids and to treat those in chronic pain.1 Methadone is also an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, which makes it a unique drug for management of neuropathic pain and opioid-induced hyperalgesia.2 It […]
Read MoreAuthor: ADAM CANCRYN Politico Both parties agree the focus should be on pocketbook health issues, rather than a dramatic overhaul like “Medicare for All.” Americans have a clear message for President Donald Trump and the Democratic candidates vying to replace him: Lower health care costs. The vast majority of Americans rank cutting health care and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News A single 10-mg dose of IV amisulpride (BARHEMSYS, Acacia) was statistically more effective than placebo as rescue treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in high-risk patients who failed prophylactic agents, according to a multicenter phase 3 study. Amisulpride has been approved as an oral antipsychotic for over 30 years […]
Read MoreAuthor: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News Balancing the goals of analgesia with early ambulation after total knee arthroplasty has led to increasingly selective regional analgesia that can sometimes fail to provide optimal pain control. However, recent analysis suggests that adding the iPACK (Infiltration between the Popliteal Artery and Capsule of the Knee) block may offer patients […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fielding-Singh, Vikram MD, JD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 627-634 BACKGROUND: A new billable code for intraoperative cardiac arrest was introduced with the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, classification system. Using a national administrative database, we performed a retrospective analysis of intraoperative cardiac arrest in […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Sprung, Juraj MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 18, 2019 – BACKGROUND: We evaluated the hypothesis that the rate of postoperative decline in global cognition is greater in older adults exposed to general anesthesia with nitrous oxide (N2O) compared to general anesthesia without N2O. METHODS: Longitudinal measures of cognitive function were analyzed […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alan Mozes HealthDay More than a quarter of all opioid overdoses in the United States involve teenagers, and a full fifth of those cases were likely suicide attempts, new research shows. The findings follow an in-depth analysis of nearly 754,000 American opioid poisoning cases that occurred between 2005 and 2018. All had been reported […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Bunte, Sebastian MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 1 – p 90-98 BACKGROUND: Timing and onset of myocardial ischemia are mostly unpredictable. Therefore, postconditioning could be an effective cardioprotective intervention. Because ischemic postconditioning is an invasive and not practicable treatment, pharmacological postconditioning would be a more suitable […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Messina, Antonio MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 3 – p 752-761 BACKGROUND: In patients in the prone position, the reliability of pulse pressure variation and stroke volume variation (PPV and SVV) and the use of functional hemodynamic tests to predict fluid responsiveness have not previously […]
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