Publications by authors named "Jackson Condrey"
Article Synopsis
- Anesthesia for cardiac surgery has shifted towards faster recovery methods that use non-opioid pain relievers and regional anesthesia techniques.
- A study compared patients who had cardiac surgery with and without specific pain management catheters and analyzed opioid consumption, pain levels, and hospital stay duration.
- Results showed that while the pain scores and opioid use after surgery were similar, the catheters led to less opioid use during surgery and shorter stays in both the ICU and hospital.
Background: Electrical storm can be challenging to treat, requiring a multidisciplinary team to coordinate medical management and invasive procedures. As the stellate ganglion provides efferent sympathetic outflow to the myocardium, stellate ganglion blocks (SGB) can be used to combat ventricular arrhythmias that arise from sympathetic overactivity. Data are scarce regarding SGB catheters as a treatment for electrical storm.
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