Der Anaesthesist
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The effects and analgesic adequacy of intrathecal morphine (ITM) administration have been studied less frequently than other regional analgesia techniques in pediatric surgical procedures. ⋯ Administration of 5 µg/kg ITM can be used for postoperative analgesia in pediatric surgery in all age groups, with no severe adverse events and high nurse satisfaction with analgesic management.
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The number of high-risk patients undergoing surgery is steadily increasing. In order to maintain and, if necessary, optimize perioperative hemodynamics as well as the oxygen supply to the organs (DO2) in this patient population, a timely assessment of cardiac function and the underlying pathophysiological causes of hemodynamic instability is essential for the anesthesiologist. A variety of hemodynamic monitoring procedures are available for this purpose; however, due to method-immanent limitations they are often not able to directly identify the underlying cause of cardiovascular impairment. ⋯ Integrating all echocardiographic findings in a differentiated assessment of the patient's cardiovascular function enables a (patho)physiologically oriented and individualized hemodynamic treatment.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Guided vs. non-guided insertion of Ambu AuraGain™ in edentulous patients.
Supraglottic airway devices perform more poorly and have lower oropharyngeal leak pressure in edentulous patients than in patients with teeth. The Ambu Aura Gain is a newer second generation supraglottic airway device. ⋯ A guided insertion technique does not improve oropharyngeal leak pressure of the Ambu AuraGain™ in edentulous patients. As the only difference is an increase in insertion time this technique is of no benefit for this population.
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Despite an increasing number of patients suffering from an acute coronary syndrome under novel oral anticoagulant therapy, specific treatment recommendations for anticoagulation are still lacking. For this reason, the German Society of Cardiology and the German Association of Interdisciplinary Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine developed a consensus statement for the treatment of these patients with the aim to summarize the current evidence and to increase the safety of this special patient group.