intraoperative
‘60-Second Abstracts’: Benefits of Intra-op Dexamethasone for Cancer Surgery Patients
A new study has found that intraoperative dexamethasone can have beneficial effects in patients undergoing cancer ...
APRIL 9, 2022
Common Factors Seen in Very Rare Patient Awareness Cases
An analysis of intra-op awareness during general anesthesia found that it is exceedingly rare, but the study did ...
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Intra-op Phenylephrine Less Benign Than Thought
Intra-op phenylephrine is associated with an increased risk for post-op renal injury after noncardiac surgery, and ...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
IV Lidocaine Shows Hint of Breast Cancer Survival Benefit
Intraoperative infusions of lidocaine may confer potential survival benefits in women undergoing breast cancer ...
JUNE 19, 2021
What Is the Optimal Estimated Blood Loss Technique for Major Surgery?
Methods for measuring blood loss are often complex, vague or difficult to implement in clinical practice, and they ...
JUNE 9, 2021
Depth of Intraoperative Paralysis Mapped Across Surgical Procedures
Boston—Anesthesiology practitioners in a multispecialty setting used a deep neuromuscular block (NMB) on ...
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Intraoperative Positioning-Related Nerve Injury, or a Case of Mistaken Identity?: 3 Selected Cases
Inadequate intraoperative patient positioning is not the only cause of perioperative peripheral nerve injuries. ...
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Paravertebral Block Improves Pain Control For Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
San Francisco—Percutaneous nephrolithotomy to remove large kidney stones may be minimally invasive, but the ...
AUGUST 15, 2017
Big Bad Data?
We recently asked a question of a comprehensive medical database: “Do intentionally hypothermic patients ...
AUGUST 2, 2016
Post-op Surgical Infection Risk Not Associated With Number of OR Personnel
Surgical site infections are a significant source of patient morbidity and medical costs; prior studies have ...
JULY 22, 2016
Spray Cryotherapy for Airway Lesions Uncommon, Requires Vigilance
Spray cryotherapy is tissue ablation therapy that uses a low-pressure spray of liquid nitrogen through an ...
MAY 10, 2016
ETCO2 Concentration Correlates With Trauma Mortality
End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring could aid resuscitation of trauma patients presenting with hypovolemic ...
MARCH 3, 2016
