Publications by authors named "B C Nossaman"
Article Synopsis
- Obesity, defined as a body mass index ≥30 kg/m², is widespread in the U.S. and linked to various health risks; the study focuses on its effect on the need for instrumental vaginal delivery during childbirth.
- This retrospective study analyzed data from women in active labor to evaluate the association of maternal obesity with the incidence of instrumental deliveries, using effect size measures for better accuracy compared to frequentist tests.
- The findings indicated that while maternal obesity was more common in women with certain health issues, it did not have a significant clinical impact on the need for instrumental delivery.
Background: Studies have proposed that the routine use of sugammadex could provide perioperative time savings and a reduction in the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of sugammadex on perioperative times and on the incidences of adverse events when compared with the active control, neostigmine, for minimally invasive gastric sleeve surgery.
Methods: Following institutional review board approval, patient characteristics, type of primary neuromuscular blocking reversal agents, operating room discharge times, post-anaesthesia care unit recovery times, and incidences of and treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting and orotracheal reintubation were the measures of interest.
Objectives: Parturients are at increased risk for difficult airway management with subsequent fetal complications. Videolaryngoscopy was opined to be the new standard of airway care to facilitate orotracheal intubation under urgent care conditions. We examined in parturients requiring general anesthesia for urgent cesarean delivery the association of the type of laryngoscopy technique and time required to facilitate orotracheal intubation with the incidence of subsequent neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudies in thoracic surgery have long raised concerns that intraoperative administration of intravenous fluids exacerbates or causes postoperative complications and hence advocate fluid restriction. This retrospective 3-year study investigated the role of intraoperative crystalloid administration rates on the duration of postoperative hospital length of stay (phLOS) and on the incidences of previously reported adverse events (AEs) in 222 consecutive patients following thoracic surgery. Higher rates of intraoperative crystalloid administration were significantly associated with shorter phLOS (=0.
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