Interesting articles - November 2012

• Gardiner S, Rudkin G, Cooter R, Field J, Bond M. Paravertebral blockade for day-case breast augmentation: a randomized clinical trial. Anesth Analg. 2012 Nov;115(5):1053-9. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318264ba33.
• Macleod DB, Habib AS, Ikeda K, Spyker DA, Cassella JV, Ho KY, Gan TJ. Inhaled fentanyl aerosol in healthy volunteers: pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Anesth Analg. 2012 Nov;115(5):1071-7. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182691898.
• Butwick A. What's new in obstetric anesthesia in 2011? Reducing maternal adverse outcomes and improving obstetric anesthesia quality of care. Anesth Analg. 2012 Nov;115(5):1137-45. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826af982.
• Doherty A, Ohashi Y, Downey K, Carvalho JC. Phenylephrine infusion versus bolus regimens during cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia: a double-blind randomized clinical trial to assess hemodynamic changes. Anesth Analg. 2012 Dec;115(6):1343-50. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826ac3db.
• Loftus RW, Patel HM, Huysman BC, Kispert DP, Koff MD, Gallagher JD, Jensen JT, Rowlands J, Reddy S, Dodds TM, Yeager MP, Ruoff KL, Surgenor SD, Brown JR. Prevention of intravenous bacterial injection from health care provider hands: the importance of catheter design and handling. Anesth Analg. 2012 Nov;115(5):1109-19. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826a1016.
• Régnier MA, Raux M, Le Manach Y, Asencio Y, Gaillard J, Devilliers C, Langeron O, Riou B. Prognostic significance of blood lactate and lactate clearance in trauma patients. Anesthesiology. 2012 Dec;117(6):1276-88. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318273349d.
• Orbach-Zinger S, Ginosar Y, Elliston J, Fadon C, Abu-Lil M, Raz A, Goshen-Gottstein Y, Eidelman LA. Influence of preoperative anxiety on hypotension after spinal anaesthesia in women undergoing Caesarean delivery. Br J Anaesth. 2012 Dec;109(6):943-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/aes313.
• Lee SW, Khaw KS, Ngan Kee WD, Leung TY, Critchley LA. Haemodynamic effects from aortocaval compression at different angles of lateral tilt in non-labouring term pregnant women. Br J Anaesth. 2012 Dec;109(6):950-6. doi: 10.1093/bja/aes349.
• Levy JH, Faraoni D, Sniecinski RM. Perioperative coagulation management in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2013 Feb;26(1):65-70. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32835b82df.
• Jung B, Clavieras N, Nougaret S, Molinari N, Roquilly A, Cisse M, Carr J, Chanques G, Asehnoune K, Jaber S. Effects of etomidate on complications related to intubation and on mortality in septic shock patients treated with hydrocortisone: a propensity score analysis. Crit Care. 2012 Nov 21;16(6):R224. doi: 10.1186/cc11871.
• Janz DR, Hollenbeck RD, Pollock JS, McPherson JA, Rice TW. Hyperoxia is associated with increased mortality in patients treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia after sudden cardiac arrest. Crit Care Med. 2012 Dec;40(12):3135-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182656976.
• Badawi O, Waite MD, Fuhrman SA, Zuckerman IH. Association between intensive care unit-acquired dysglycemia and in-hospital mortality. Crit Care Med. 2012 Dec;40(12):3180-8. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182656ae5.
• Sakr Y, Rother S, Ferreira AM, Ewald C, Dünisch P, Riedemmann N, Reinhart K. Fluctuations in serum sodium level are associated with an increased risk of death in surgical ICU patients. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan;41(1):133-42. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318265f576.
• Díaz-Martín A, Martínez-González ML, Ferrer R, Ortiz-Leyba C, Piacentini E, Lopez-Pueyo MJ, Martín-Loeches I, Levy MM, Artigas A, Garnacho-Montero J; for the Edusepsis Study Group. Antibiotic prescription patterns in the empiric therapy of severe sepsis: combination of antimicrobials with different mechanisms of action reduces mortality. Crit Care. 2012 Nov 18;16(6):R223. doi: 10.1186/cc11869.