Tag: Anesthesia
Peripheral Nerve Block May Cut Opioid Use After Amputation
Peripheral nerve block helps improve pain control after major lower extremity amputation
Chloroprocaine Offers Adequate Anesthesia for Knee Arthroscopy
Shorter time to complete recovery from motor blockade seen for chloroprocaine compared with prilocaine
Awake Endoscopic Spinal Fusion Appears to Be Safe, Effective
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion without general anesthesia is safe
Volatile Anesthetics Do Not Reduce Deaths in Elective CABG
No significant difference seen for patients undergoing CABG with volatile anesthesia, total IV anesthesia
Brief Anesthesia in Infancy Does Not Mar Neurodevelopment
General anesthesia less than one hour does not seem to alter neurodevelopmental outcome at age 5
Women Less Likely to Get Periop Care Before Hip Fracture Surgery
Women also less likely to receive anesthesia consultation, more likely to have timely surgery
EEG-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Cut Postop Delirium in Seniors
Significantly less median cumulative time found with EEG suppression in EEG-guided group vs. usual care
Guidance Offered for Infection Control in Anesthesia Work Area
Measures include hand hygiene, alcohol-based hand rub use, disinfection of anesthesia machine
Pediatric Anesthesia Does Not Affect Development Outcomes
No significant differences seen in early developmental vulnerability in sibling-matched cohort
Changes in Nomenclature for Perioperative Cognitive Disorders
'Perioperative neurocognitive disorders' is broad term for cognitive impairment in perioperative period
