Publications by authors named "M Dinsmore"

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  • This study examines the effectiveness of oral ketamine as a pain reliever after major spine surgery, noting its potential to reduce reliance on opioids, which have problematic side effects.
  • Conducted at Toronto Western Hospital, the trial was randomized and placebo-controlled involving 35 adult patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery.
  • While there were no significant differences in overall recovery or pain scores between ketamine and placebo groups, those receiving ketamine used fewer opioids post-surgery and reported some benefits such as improved recovery.
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 Postcraniotomy headaches are often underestimated and undertreaded. This study aimed to identify if postoperative administration of sumatriptan after minimally invasive craniotomy for clipping an unruptured aneurysm could reduce postcraniotomy headache and improve the quality of postoperative recovery.  Tertiary care center, single-center randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

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Introduction: Accidental extubation during prone position can be a life-threatening emergency requiring rapid establishment of the airway. However, there is limited evidence of the best airway rescue method for this potentially catastrophic emergency. The aim of this study was to determine the most effective method to recover the airway in case of accidental extubation during prone positioning by comparing three techniques (supraglottic airway, video laryngoscopy, and fiber-optic bronchoscopy) in a simulated environment.

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Virtual assistants (VAs) are conversational agents that are able to provide cognitive aid. We developed a VA device for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) procedures and compared it to live human coaching to explore the feasibility of using VAs in the anesthesiology setting. An automated, scalable, voice-enabled VA was built using the Amazon Alexa device and Alexa Skills application.

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