Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of size 3 and size 4 i-gel® in 50-60 kg female patients: A prospective randomized crossover trial.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Predicting results of fibrinogen and platelet levels by TEG6s during cardiopulmonary bypass: A pilot study.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Performance of target-controlled infusion of propofol in plasma versus effect-site control during induction in elderly patients: A Letter To The Editor.
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Observational Study
Platelet function, but not thrombin generation, is impaired in acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) blood.
We investigated the coagulation changes that might occur in acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) blood over several hours during cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. ⋯ Little data exists regarding the quality of coagulation factors in autologous blood. Our study confirms ANH collection results in decreased platelet aggregation with TRAP stimulation; however, this is not appreciated with ADP stimulation. Thrombin generation capacity remains preserved.
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There is little knowledge of rural hospitals' roles in the care of chronic pain patients nationwide in the United States of America. We hypothesized that very few (≅5%) critical access hospitals provide patients with interventional pain procedures performed by pain medicine physicians. ⋯ A very small percentage of critical access hospitals list at their websites that they offer interventional pain services by pain medicine-trained physicians, and most clinicians listed as performing these procedures are not pain medicine certified. Increasing access to pain medicine physicians may present an opportunity for improved pain care in rural communities.