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Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum
Other affiliations: American Society of Anesthesiologists, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Wake Forest University ...read more
Bio: Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Propofol & Isoflurane. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 120 publications receiving 8786 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum include American Society of Anesthesiologists & Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Topics: Propofol, Isoflurane, Sedation, Anesthesiology, Fentanyl
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TL;DR: This document updates the “Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway: An Updated Report by”, which provides basic recommendations that are supported by a synthesis and analysis of the current literature, expert and practitioner opinion, open-forum commentary, and clinical feasibility data.
Abstract: RACTICE Guidelines are systematically developed recommendations that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about health care. These recommendations may be adopted, modified, or rejected according to clinical needs and constraints and are not intended to replace local institutional policies. In addition, Practice Guidelines developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) are not intended as standards or absolute requirements, and their use cannot guarantee any specific outcome. Practice Guidelines are subject to revision as warranted by the evolution of medical knowledge, technology, and practice. They provide basic recommendations that are supported by a synthesis and analysis of the current literature, expert and practitioner opinion, open-forum commentary, and clinical feasibility data. This document updates the “Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway: An Updated Report by
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TL;DR: Despite an increased focus on pain management programs and the development of new standards for pain management, many patients continue to experience intense pain after surgery and additional efforts are required to improve patients’ postoperative pain experience.
Abstract: Postoperative pain can have a significant effect on patient recovery. An understanding of patient attitudes and concerns about postoperative pain is important for identifying ways health care professionals can improve postoperative care. To assess patients’ postoperative pain experience and the stat
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TL;DR: Despite heightened awareness and clinical advancements in pain management, there has been little improvement in post-surgical analgesia as measured by this survey of post-Surgical patients.
Abstract: During the past two decades, professional associations, accrediting bodies, and payors have made post-surgical pain treatment a high priority. In light of the disappointing findings in previous sur...
532 citations
TL;DR: Practice Guidelines provide basic recommendations that are supported by a synthesis and analysis of the current literature, expert and practitioner opinion, open forum commentary, and clinical feasibility data that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about health care.
Abstract: P RACTICE Guidelines are systematically developed recommendations that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about health care. These recommendations may be adopted, modified, or rejected according to clinical needs and constraints, and are not intended to replace local institutional policies. In addition, Practice Guidelines developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) are not intended as standards or absolute requirements, and their use cannot guarantee any specific outcome. Practice Guidelines are subject to revision as warranted by the evolution of medical knowledge, technology, and practice. They provide basic recommendations that are supported by a synthesis and analysis of the current literature, expert and practitioner opinion, open forum commentary, and clinical feasibility data.
465 citations
TL;DR: This document updates the “Practice Guidelines for Obstetric Anesthesia: An Updated Report by the ASA Task Force on Obstetrical Anesthesia,” adopted by ASA in 2006 and published in 2007, and provides basic recommendations supported by a synthesis and analysis of the current literature, expert and practitioner opinion, open-forum commentary, and clinical feasibility data.
Abstract: Anesthesiology, V 124 • No 2 270 February 2016 P RACTICE guidelines are systematically developed recommendations that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about health care. These recommendations may be adopted, modified, or rejected according to the clinical needs and constraints and are not intended to replace local institutional policies. In addition, practice guidelines developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) are not intended as standards or absolute requirements, and their use cannot guarantee any specific outcome. Practice guidelines are subject to revision as warranted by the evolution of medical knowledge, technology, and practice. They provide basic recommendations that are supported by a synthesis and analysis of the current literature, expert and practitioner opinion, open-forum commentary, and clinical feasibility data. This document updates the “Practice Guidelines for Obstetric Anesthesia: An Updated Report by the ASA Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia,” adopted by ASA in 2006 and published in 2007.†
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TL;DR: Based on the evidence available for each item of the multimodal perioperative care pathway, the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society, International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition (IASMEN) and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolicism (ESPEN) present a comprehensive evidence-based consensus review of peri operative care for colonic surgery.
Abstract: This is the fourth updated Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society guideline presenting a consensus for optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery and providing graded recommendations for each ERAS item within the ERAS® protocol. A wide database search on English literature publications was performed. Studies on each item within the protocol were selected with particular attention paid to meta-analyses, randomised controlled trials and large prospective cohorts and examined, reviewed and graded according to Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. All recommendations on ERAS® protocol items are based on best available evidence; good-quality trials; meta-analyses of good-quality trials; or large cohort studies. The level of evidence for the use of each item is presented accordingly. The evidence base and recommendation for items within the multimodal perioperative care pathway are presented by the ERAS® Society in this comprehensive consensus review.
1,918 citations
Oregon Health & Science University1, University of Washington2, University at Buffalo3, University of Michigan4, University of California, San Diego5, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics6, University of Cincinnati7, United States Department of Veterans Affairs8, Harvard University9, United States Department of the Army10, Walter Reed Army Medical Center11, University of Connecticut12, University of Colorado Denver13, Johns Hopkins University14, Veterans Health Administration15, Boston Children's Hospital16, University of Iowa17, University of Texas at Austin18, Virginia Mason Medical Center19, Thomas Jefferson University20, Seattle Children's21, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin22
TL;DR: The American Pain Society, with input from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, developed a clinical practice guideline to promote evidence-based, effective, and safer postoperative pain management in children and adults.
1,806 citations
TL;DR: The National Academy of Sciences through its Institute of Medicine (IOM) has produced a major scholarly assessment of pain in America as mentioned in this paper, which is a tremendous contribution to the evolving nec...
Abstract: The National Academy of Sciences through its Institute of Medicine (IOM) has produced a major scholarly assessment of pain in America. This document is a tremendous contribution to the evolving nec...
1,598 citations
TL;DR: The anaesthetist has an important role in facilitating early postoperative recovery by provision of minimally-invasive anaesthesia and pain relief, and by collaborating with surgeons, surgical nurses, and physiotherapists to reduce risk and pain.
1,276 citations