The Power of a Good Word: Enhancing the Efficacy of Analgesics in Clinical Settings.

Introduction: Communication between medical staff and patients about treatment efficacy elicits expectations of benefit and improves treatment outcomes. While demonstrated in multiple studies via different research methodologies, uniform communication protocols have not been adopted in clinical practice. Here, we summarize the results of two sister studies aimed at bridging this gap.

Peripartum anesthetic management of women with SARS-CoV-2 infection in eight medical centers across three European countries: prospective cohort observation study.

Objective: Several reports of obstetric anesthesia management have been published since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to collect high-quality broad and detailed data from different university medical centers in several European Society of Anesthesiologist countries.

Methods: This prospective observational survey was performed in eight medical centers in Spain, Israel and Portugal from 1 April to 31 July 2020.

Pre-selection of primary intubation technique is associated with a low incidence of difficult intubation in patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m or higher.

Background: The incidence of difficult intubation (DI) in obese patients may reach a two-digit figure. No studies have assessed the effect of primary use of special intubation devices on lowering the incidence of DI. We assessed the effect of primary selection of special intubation techniques on the incidence of DI in patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m or higher.

The Effect of Perioperative Fluid Management on Intraocular Pressure during Gynecologic Laparoscopic Pelvic Surgery.

Purpose: Visual loss is a devastating perioperative complication that can result from elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). The Trendelenburg position during surgery increases IOP. The purpose of this study was to quantify IOP changes in patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy, at different time points and body positions throughout the procedure, and to compare fluctuations of IOP during the perioperative period according to two fluid management protocols.

Respiratory events with sugammadex vs. neostigmine following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective pilot study assessing neuromuscular reversal strategies.

Unlabelled: Abdominal surgery in obese patients may be associated with pulmonary morbidity, and mortality. Some patients may arrive in the PACU with residual paralysis. was to find out if there was an association between the type of muscle relaxant reversal agent and the development of postoperative respiratory events in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery.

The i-gel as a conduit for the Aintree intubation catheter for subsequent fiberoptic intubation.

We report a clinical case of an 128 kg, 53 year old male, who was scheduled for sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Video laryngoscope (GlideScope - Verathron) assisted intubation was attempted. Despite repositioning of the head and neck and external laryngeal manipulations, two attempts to lift the epiglottis were unsuccessful.

Airway management practices in adult intensive care units in Israel: a national survey.

Timely and adequate management of normal and compromised airway is a crucial task facing medical teams taking care of patients in intensive care units. We investigated the airway management practices in the Israeli intensive care units (ICUs). A postal survey was sent to the 20 main ICUs in Israel.

Perioperative metabolic alkalemia is more frequent than metabolic acidemia in major elective abdominal surgery.

Objective: To investigate the incidence, type and etiology of perioperative metabolic disturbances associated with major abdominal surgery. We hypothesized that metabolic alkalemia is more frequent than metabolic acidemia.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational study, performed in a university-affiliated hospital.

Prompt correction of endotracheal tube positioning after intubation prevents further inappropriate positions.

Study Objective: To determine whether the timely correction of endotracheal tube (ETT) positioning prevents further inappropriate positions.

Design: Prospective crossover study.

Setting: University-affiliated hospital.

Group A Streptococcus causing a life-threatening postpartum necrotizing myometritis: a case report.

During childbirth, group A Streptococcus (GAS) can cause a diverse spectrum of disorders ranging from asymptomatic infection to puerperal sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. We report on a healthy parturient who survived a life-threatening necrotizing myometritis due to GAS following an unremarkable spontaneous delivery. Approximately 29 h after an unremarkable spontaneous vaginal delivery, a generally healthy 28-year-old multiparous woman developed a life-threatening necrotizing myometritis due to GAS.