Cytosorb filter: An adjunct for survival in the COVID-19 patient in cytokine storm? a case report.

COVID-19 is a pandemic that has affected not only the United States, but the entire world. The impact it has had has overwhelmed the entire healthcare system, from the unknown carrier status, poor testing capabilities to hospitals running out of ventilators for severely ill patients. There has been a variety of potential treatment modalities for the various forms of illness ranging from asymptomatic carriers to the ventilated ICU patients.

Objective Assessment of Checklist Fidelity Using Digital Audio Recording and a Standardized Scoring System Audit.

Objectives: The use of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has been reported to significantly reduce operative morbidity and mortality rates. Recent findings have cast doubt on the efficacy of such checklists in improving patient safety. The effectiveness of surgical safety checklists cannot be fully measured or understood without an accurate assessment of implementation fidelity, most effectively through direct observations of the checklist process.

A randomized, double-blind, prospective study comparing the efficacy of continuous versus pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of lumbar facet syndrome.

Study Objectives: To compare the efficacy of continuous radiofrequency (CRF) thermocoagulation with pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) in the treatment of lumbar facet syndrome.

Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.

Setting: Ambulatory pain clinic at a level-I trauma center and teaching institution.

Anesthesia considerations for robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a review of 1,500 cases.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men and new surgical techniques have led to less invasive options for prostate surgery. Innovations in robotic technology have enabled robotic systems to become a more common sight in operating theatres throughout the United States. Approximately 1,500 consecutive patients scheduled for elective robotic prostatectomy (RP) were reviewed.

Anesthetic challenges in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis complicated by myasthenia gravis.

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare restrictive lung disease that is often associated with pneumothorax and prolonged intubation. We report the successful anesthetic management of a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, myasthenia gravis, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura undergoing laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal lesions, and discuss anesthetic management strategies for this rare disease process.