6 results match your criteria: "4 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Background Endovascular therapy is the standard of care for severe acute ischemic stroke caused by large-vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation, but there is uncertainty regarding the optimal anesthetic approach during this therapy. Meta-analyses of observational studies suggest that general anesthesia increases morbidity and mortality compared with conscious sedation. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials to examine the effect of anesthetic strategy during endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Update in Abdominal Organ Transplantation Anesthesia in 2018: Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA).
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
June 2018
4 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Noteworthy Literature Published in 2017 for Thoracic Transplantation Anesthesiologists.
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
March 2018
3 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Thoracic organ transplantation constitutes a significant proportion of all transplant procedures. Thoracic solid organ transplantation continues to be a burgeoning field of research. This article presents a review of remarkable literature published in 2017 regarding perioperative issues pertinent to the thoracic transplant anesthesiologists.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeterogeneity of HIV-1 Replication in Ectocervical and Vaginal Tissue Ex Vivo.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
February 2018
1 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In clinical trials evaluating HIV-1 prevention products, ex vivo exposure of mucosal tissue to HIV-1 is performed to inform drug levels needed to suppress viral infection. Understanding assay and participant variables that influence HIV-1 replication will help with assay implementation. Demographic and behavioral data were obtained from 61 healthy women aged 21-45.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBowel Sounds Are Not Associated With Flatus, Bowel Movement, or Tolerance of Oral Intake in Patients After Major Abdominal Surgery.
Dis Colon Rectum
June 2017
1 Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Clinical Campus of Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2 Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts 3 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 4 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5 Wellstar Kennesrone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, Georgia 6 Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut.
Background: Auscultation for bowel sounds has been advocated by some clinicians as a method to determine the resolution of postoperative ileus.
Objective: Our primary aim was to prospectively evaluate the relationships between bowel sounds and the ability to tolerate oral intake in patients after major abdominal surgery. Secondarily we aimed to evaluate relationships among bowel sounds, flatus and bowel movement, and oral intake.