Post-Surgical Pain
Regional Anesthesia Linked With Better Recovery In Infants
Infants that receive regional anesthesia vs. general anesthesia for surgery may have better recovery, data from two studies have shown.
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Post-Surgical Pain
Regional Anesthesia Offers Slight Advantage Over General In Avoiding Sleep Apnea In Infants
Apnea in the early postoperative period was reduced in infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy who received regional anesthesia compared with general anesthesia.
Treatments
Gender Differences Seen With General Anesthesia, Research Shows
Postoperative cognitive decline less evident in elderly males, researchers say.
Practice Management
Increased Anesthesia Duration Linked to Higher Rate of Surgical Complications
Increased anesthesia duration linked to significantly increased rates of surgical complications, especially the need for postoperative transfusion.
Post-Surgical Pain
Regional Anesthesia Tied to Lower Opioid Use in TKA, THA
Regional anesthesia is associated with a lower opioid consumption in both knee and hip replacement surgeries, compared to general anesthesia.
Treatments
New Opioid Alternative Promising for Anesthesia, Sedation
Isovaline may be a new alternative to opioids for anesthesia and procedural sedation, new data published in Anesthesia & Analgesia has shown.
General Pain, News
Patients Find Benefits in Use of Checklist Prior to Induction of Anesthesia
Anesthesia providers rate patient discomfort from use of checklists prior to anesthesia induction much higher than do patients.
Practice Management
Handholding, Speaking to Patients Reduces Anxiety
Findings in patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty under local anesthesia.
Hospital Medicine
Complications of anesthesia
I. Problem/Challenge. Managing postoperative complication: are you prepared for the challenge? It is now commonplace for a hospitalist to manage patients beyond the traditional array of comorbid conditions for which internal medicine training has prepared us. Postoperative nausea and vomiting, hypotension after a total knee replacement or post cholecystectomy fever have all become familiar issues…
Post-Surgical Pain
EBUS-TBNA Not Influenced By Type of Sedation
Similar diagnostic yield, rate of major complications for moderate sedation, general anesthesia.
