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Reuters Teleflex Inc said on Monday it plans to recall some lots of its Hudson RCI Sheridan endotracheal tubes used for helping patients breathe, following reports of four deaths. The worldwide recall comes after the products were found to have an increased occurrence of being disconnected from the breathing circuit, resulting in insufficient oxygen supply, […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lachmann, Gunnar MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 4, 2019 – BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle failure in critical illness (intensive care unit-acquired weakness) is a well-known complication developing early during intensive care unit stay. However, muscle weakness during the perioperative setting has not yet been investigated. METHODS: We performed a subgroup investigation of a prospective observational trial […]
Read MoreAuthors: Pardo J et al Clinical Journal of Pain (Feb 2019) OBJECTIVES Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronically painful condition whose symptoms are widely reported to be exacerbated by stress. We hypothesized that female patients with FMS differ from healthy female controls in their sympathetic responses, a fact that may unmask important biomarkers and factors […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hernández G et al. JAMA 2019 Feb 19 Capillary refill–guided treatment compared favorably to lactate measurement. We don’t know the best markers to assess adequate resuscitation of patients with sepsis. Although the Surviving Sepsis guidelines endorse using lactate clearance as guidance, it is a weak recommendation with low-quality evidence (NEJM JW Emerg Med Jun 2018 and Intensive […]
Read MoreMIT Technology Review An unnamed man in London has become the second person worldwide to be cleared of HIV, although it is too early to say he has been “cured.” The details: The patient received a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that makes them HIV-resistant. Specifically, the donor had two copies […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nielsen AO et al. EClinicalMedicine 2019 Jan Hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were less common in patients who received β-blockers. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often do not receive β-blockers because of concerns that they might exacerbate respiratory symptoms. Using Danish registries from 1995 to 2015, investigators studied the incidence of COPD […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Author: Jaime Rosenberg AJMC The FDA has approved esketamine for adult patients with treatment-resistant depression. The treatment has demonstrated improvement in depression symptoms, as well as sustained improvement in symptoms. After much anticipation, the FDA has given the nod to the first new […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News The Frost Series #347 Written by: Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP; and Echo Rowe, MD, FAAP Case Presentation A 10-year-old boy was scheduled for a CT-guided biopsy of a thoracic mass. The otherwise healthy child presented with a 3- to 4-month history of back pain. MRI revealed a right posterior paraspinal mass anterior to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Pearse R et al BMJ Case Reports 12 (2), (Feb 2019) Although cocaine induced myopathy and myotoxicity are described in the literature, we report a rare case of cocaine induced paraspinal myositis presenting with acute sciatic symptoms. A 35-year-old man presented with acute left-sided sciatica and was discharged from the emergency department (ED). He […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News Health care–associated infections, which the CDC states take tens of thousands of lives and cost the U.S. healthcare system billions of dollars each year, decreased from one in every 20 to one in every 25 hospitalized patients from 2013 to 2018, according to the federal agency. “The tremendous reductions in […]
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