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Author: Ethan Covey Anesthesiology News Preoperative anxiety, measured using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS), can predict rates of emergence delirium, according to a new study. “This study is important because early identification of these at-risk patients can alert the anesthesiologist to appropriately and preemptively medicate patients,” said Ali Atoot, a fourth-year medical student […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Grabitz, Stephanie D. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1129-1136 BACKGROUND: Postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade continues to be a frequent occurrence with a reported incidence rate of up to 64%. However, the effect of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade on health care utilization remains unclear. We […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Orhurhu, Vwaire MD, MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 1 – p 241-254 BACKGROUND: IV ketamine is widely used to treat patients with chronic pain, yet the long-term impact remains uncertain. We synthesized evidence from randomized control trials to investigate the effectiveness of IV ketamine infusions for pain […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Global scores from a 360-degree evaluation tool revealed higher overall scores for female fellows than male fellows, and both male and female evaluators also scored the women more positively in several competency domains. “In the past, gender bias has been a potential issue that has affected how medical students, residents […]
Read MoreHealth Day Sepsis is a life-threatening infection that lands its victims in the hospital, but the dangers don’t end for survivors who have high levels of inflammation long after being discharged, a new study finds. “Sepsis is the leading cause of death among hospitalized patients. Patients discharged from the hospital aren’t out of the woods […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young The American Thoracic Society has issued new guidelines on evaluating and managing patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), defined as obesity in the presence of sleep disordered breathing and awake daytime hypercapnia after other causes of hypoventilation are ruled out. The guidelines, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives, families and communities. Monday’s ruling could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lee J et al Medicine (Baltimore) 98 (18), e15385 (May 2019) BACKGROUND Thoracotomy is one of the most painful surgeries; therefore, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was developed to reduce the surgical stress of thoracotomy. Although VATS results in reduced postoperative pain compared with thoracotomy, it is still painful. Serratus plane block (SPB) is a […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: Carin A. Hagberg, MD, FASA Anesthesiology News Editor’s note: A key of all abbreviations and acronyms appears below. Management of the difficult airway remains one of the most relevant and challenging clinical situations encountered by anesthesia practitioners, as major adverse consequences can occur if the airway is not secured in a timely fashion. This […]
Read MoreAuthor: Brandon May Spinal anesthetic failure in patients undergoing elective hip and knee joint arthroplasty was associated with younger age, lower body mass index (BMI), needle insertion site, and needle size, according to study results published in Anesthesia & Analgesia. Researchers retrospectively reviewed electronic anesthetic records of elective hip and knee replacements that were performed using spinal anesthesia. […]
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