High flow nasal cannula reduces hypoxia for obese patients undergoing endoscopy
1. The use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in patients with obesity undergoing sedated gastrointestinal endoscopy significantly reduced the ...
Tag: anesthesia
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 17, 2025
Meconium-Related Obstruction and Clinical Outcomes in Term and Preterm Infants 1. Nearly 95% of cases of meconium-related obstruction (MRO) occur ...
Low-volume local anesthetic with intravenous dexamethasone may provide superior efficacy for shoulder arthroscopy
1. Low-volume local anesthetic with intravenous dexamethasone reduced the incidence of diaphragmatic paresis and provided equivalent analgesic duration compared to ...
#VisualAbstract: Electroencephalography-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Reduce Delirium in Older Adults After Cardiac Surgery
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Video laryngoscopes for urgent use improve intubation success in neonates
1. In this randomized controlled trial, using the video laryngoscope significantly increased the success of first-attempt intubation in neonates compared ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 27th, 2024
Exercise and pain neuroscience education for patients with chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty 1. In this randomized clinical trial, ...
Ultrasound-guided erector spinae block and paravertebral block may prevent postherpetic neuralgia
1. Patients randomized to receive the paravertebral block (PVB) and erector spinae plane block (ESPB) had significantly more effective prevention ...
Ketamine may be non-inferior to morphine for out-of-hospital traumatic pain management
1. Ketamine was non-inferior to morphine at analgesic pain reduction for out-of-hospital pain management. 2. There was, however, an increased ...
Early ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block may reduce need for preoperative opioids in hip fracture
1. In emergency patients with hip fracture and severe pain, patients randomize to receive early ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block (FNB) ...
Amikacin prevents ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients
1. In this randomized controlled trial, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was prevented by employing inhaled amikacin in mechanically ventilated patients exceeding ...