Unlabelled: Our purpose is to discover and discuss allergic accidents during the course of general anaesthesia.
Principal Points: We have discussed the mechanisms involved, the principal agents, their character as allergens and diagnostic means.
Evaluation: We highlight the role of plasmatic tryptase in immediate diagnosis and that of cutaneous tests for aetiological diagnosis.
Conclusions: In accordance with the tests discussed, we propose a few lines of action to be taken.
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J Clin Sleep Med
December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Study Objectives: Physicians-in-training (residents, fellows) and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) receive limited education on sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). They often assess patients first. We aimed to understand their views on OSA and screening for OSA in the perioperative period.
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December 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Topical antibiotic application and occlusive dressings stand as the current standard of care for partial thickness burn (PTB) treatment. Silver sulfadiazine (SSD) is the most widely used topical antimicrobial agent for acute burn management worldwide. Despite its antimicrobial benefits, there is emerging evidence that SSD might delay wound reepithelialization.
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December 2024
Gachon Pain Center and Department of Physiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
Painful diabetic neuropathy commonly affects the peripheral nervous system in individuals with diabetes. However, the pathological processes and mechanisms underlying diabetic neuropathic pain remain unclear. We aimed to identify the overall profiles and screen for genes potentially involved in pain mechanisms using transcriptome analysis of the dorsal root ganglion of diabetic mice treated with streptozotocin (STZ).
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January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
To evaluate the association of parenteral epinephrine and terbutaline use on ventilatory support in children admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with critical asthma in the United States. Data were obtained from the Pediatric Health Information System data base for children ages 2 to 18 years admitted to the ICU with a diagnosis of asthma exacerbation from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2023. The primary outcomes included noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and/or invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) use after receipt of terbutaline and/or epinephrine.
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December 2024
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, United States of America. Electronic address:
Objective: Internal Superior laryngeal nerve (iSLN) injections with steroids and anesthetic for Unexplained Chronic Cough (UCC) was initially described as a unilateral injection. This study reports the safety profile and patient-reported outcomes of concurrent bilateral iSLN injections for UCC.
Study Design: Retrospective chart review.
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