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AUTHORS: King, Michael R. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 27, 2019 A Single-Center Study of 3189 Regional Anesthetics in 25,664 Surgeries BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are well documented in the United States, although evidence of disparities in pediatric anesthesia is limited. We sought to determine whether there is an association […]
Read MoreAmy A. Gelfand, MD, MAS reviewing Oskoui M et al. Neurology 2019 Sep 10 New guidelines highlight the current limits of evidence for migraine preventives in youth. Sponsoring Organization: American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Background and Objective The AAN has issued new clinical practice guidelines on migraine preventive treatment (i.e., headache frequency lowering) in children and adolescents, updated from their […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kate O’Rourke Anesthesiology News Interested in social media but not sure how best to use the platforms? There’s a society for that. The recently launched Association for Healthcare Social Media (AHSM; ahsm.org) is the first professional society devoted to the use of social media by health care professionals, and the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Pancaro, Carlo MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 27, 2019 BACKGROUND: Continuous infusions of norepinephrine to treat perioperative hypotension are typically administered through a central venous line rather than a peripheral venous catheter to avoid the risk of localized tissue necrosis in case of drug extravasation. There is limited literature to estimate the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Rigouzzo, Agnes MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 24, 2019 BACKGROUND: Rapid assessment of hemostasis during postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is essential to allow characterization of coagulopathy, to estimate bleeding severity, and to improve outcome. Point of care (POC) coagulation monitors could be of great interest for early diagnosis and treatment of coagulation disorders in […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gilbertson, Laura E. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 24, 2019 BACKGROUND: Pyloromyotomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on otherwise healthy infants. Pyloric stenosis results in a hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis that is considered a medical emergency. This alkalotic state is believed to be associated with an increased incidence of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Nikki Kean Anesthesiology News Urgent ICU transfers cited Many patients who are admitted to the hospital with acute heart failure (HF) have previously undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), according to a new study. And even when the breathing problems are detected during their hospital stay, the patients often are still given opioids, despite their potential […]
Read MoreAuthor: ELIZABETH MÉTRAUX STAT JANUARY 3, 2020 The night a gunman opened fire on a crowd of 20,000 at a Las Vegas music concert, Dr. Kevin Menes was in charge of the emergency department at Sunrise Hospital. “I was pulling people five or six at a time out of patrol cars, pickup trucks, ambulances, you name it,” he […]
Read MoreAuthor: Christina Frangou Anesthesiology News Men With Cardiac Risk Particularly Vulnerable, Study Reveals Postoperative anemia is strongly associated with serious adverse events—including myocardial infarction, acute renal failure and death—after major general and vascular operations, and the effect is especially pronounced in patients who are at high cardiac risk, according to a new study. Investigators said […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sylvanus Kampo et al BMC Anesthesiology volume 19, Article number: 177 (2019) Background Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) is a dreadful and uncomfortable experience that significantly detracts patients’ quality of life after surgery. This study aimed to examine the antiemetic effect of a single sub-hypnotic dose of propofol as prophylaxis for PONV. Method In this prospective, double-blind, randomized control […]
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