2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 16, 2020
Advance care planning in patients with advanced cancer: A 6-country, cluster-randomised clinical trial 1. An advanced care planning (ACP) intervention ...
Tag: anesthesia
Quick Take: Effect of Intraoperative High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) With Recruitment Maneuvers vs Low PEEP on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Obese Patients
Protective intraoperative mechanical ventilation has been associated with reduced postoperative pulmonary complication risk. Obesity is associated with an increased risk ...
EEG-guided anesthetic administration unlikely to reduce post-operative delirium
1. In this randomized controlled trial, EEG-guided anesthetic administration during surgical interventions did not reduce the incidence of delirium compared ...
Quick Take: Effect of Total Intravenous Anesthesia vs Volatile Induction With Maintenance Anesthesia on Emergence Agitation After Nasal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Emergence agitation, characterized by confusion, disorientation, crying, moaning, shouting, or screaming after general anesthesia, can lead to serious adverse events ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 4, 2018
Effect of Lanadelumab Compared With Placebo on Prevention of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks: A Randomized Clinical Trial Hereditary angioedema with C1 ...
General anesthesia exposure in infants not linked to impaired cognitive development
1. In this sibling matched cohort study, IQ scores in adolescence were comparable between infants exposed to general anesthesia before ...
General anesthesia may worsen outcomes in endovascular stroke treatment
1. Patients undergoing general anesthesia for endovascular treatment of acute stroke had increased odds of death and respiratory complications, and ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 1 – March 8, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Long-Term ...
Surgical site anesthetic infusion may enhance analgesia after mastectomy
1. Continuous postoperative levobupivacaine infusion into the surgical site was associated with less pain and decreased consumption of analgesics following ...
Preoperative in-room delay increases infection risk in spine surgery
Image: PD 1. Preoperative in-room delay (known as anesthesia ready time or ART) of greater than 1 hour was an ...
