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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that the use of drugs to lower glucose, lipid, and blood-pressure levels decreased significantly after both surgical procedures but increased in patients receiving medical therapy only.
Abstract: Of the 150 patients, 93% completed 12 months of follow-up. The proportion of patients with the primary end point was 12% (5 of 41 patients) in the medicaltherapy group versus 42% (21 of 50 patients) in the gastric-bypass group (P = 0.002) and 37% (18 of 49 patients) in the sleeve-gastrectomy group (P = 0.008). Glycemic control improved in all three groups, with a mean glycated hemoglobin level of 7.5±1.8% in the medical-therapy group, 6.4±0.9% in the gastric-bypass group (P<0.001), and 6.6±1.0% in the sleeve-gastrectomy group (P = 0.003). Weight loss was greater in the gastric-bypass group and sleeve-gastrectomy group (−29.4±9.0 kg and −25.1±8.5 kg, respectively) than in the medical-therapy group (−5.4±8.0 kg) (P<0.001 for both com parisons). The use of drugs to lower glucose, lipid, and blood-pressure levels decreased significantly after both surgical procedures but increased in patients receiving medical therapy only. The index for homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) improved significantly after bariatric surgery. Four patients underwent reoperation. There were no deaths or life-threatening complications. Conclusions In obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, 12 months of medical therapy plus bariatric surgery achieved glycemic control in significantly more patients than medical therapy alone. Further study will be necessary to assess the durability of these results. (Funded by Ethicon Endo-Surgery and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00432809.)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors obtained smoking and smoking-cessation histories from 113,752 women and 88,496 men 25 years of age or older who were interviewed between 1997 and 2004 in the U.S. National Health Interview Survey and related these data to the causes of deaths that occurred by December 31, 2006.
Abstract: Background Extrapolation from studies in the 1980s suggests that smoking causes 25% of deaths among women and men 35 to 69 years of age in the United States. Nationally representative measurements of the current risks of smoking and the benefits of cessation at various ages are unavailable. Methods We obtained smoking and smoking-cessation histories from 113,752 women and 88,496 men 25 years of age or older who were interviewed between 1997 and 2004 in the U.S. National Health Interview Survey and related these data to the causes of deaths that occurred by December 31, 2006 (8236 deaths in women and 7479 in men). Hazard ratios for death among current smokers, as compared with those who had never smoked, were adjusted for age, educational level, adiposity, and alcohol consumption. Results For participants who were 25 to 79 years of age, the rate of death from any cause among current smokers was about three times that among those who had never smoked (hazard ratio for women, 3.0; 99% confidence interval [CI], 2.7 to 3.3; hazard ratio for men, 2.8; 99% CI, 2.4 to 3.1). Most of the excess mortality among smokers was due to neoplastic, vascular, respiratory, and other diseases that can be caused by smoking. The probability of surviving from 25 to 79 years of age was about twice as great in those who had never smoked as in current smokers (70% vs. 38% among women and 61% vs. 26% among men). Life expectancy was shortened by more than 10 years among the current smokers, as compared with those who had never smoked. Adults who had quit smoking at 25 to 34, 35 to 44, or 45 to 54 years of age gained about 10, 9, and 6 years of life, respectively, as compared with those who continued to smoke. Conclusions Smokers lose at least one decade of life expectancy, as compared with those who have never smoked. Cessation before the age of 40 years reduces the risk of death associated with continued smoking by about 90%.
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TL;DR: The investigators concluded that bariatric surgery is a potentially beneficial intervention for management of uncontrolled diabetes because it eliminated the need for diabetic medications in some patients and impressively reduced theneed for drug therapy in others.
Abstract: Methods In this single-center, nonblinded, randomized, controlled trial, 60 patients between the ages of 30 and 60 years with a body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 35 or more, a history of at least 5 years of diabetes, and a glycated hemoglobin level of 7.0% or more were randomly assigned to receive conventional medical therapy or undergo either gastric bypass or biliopancreatic diversion. The primary end point was the rate of diabetes remission at 2 years (defined as a fasting glucose level of <100 mg per deciliter [5.6 mmol per liter] and a glycated hemoglobin level of <6.5% in the absence of pharmacologic therapy). Results At 2 years, diabetes remission had occurred in no patients in the medical-therapy group versus 75% in the gastric-bypass group and 95% in the biliopancreatic-diversion group (P<0.001 for both comparisons). Age, sex, baseline BMI, duration of diabetes, and weight changes were not significant predictors of diabetes remission at 2 years or of improvement in glycemia at 1 and 3 months. At 2 years, the average baseline glycated hemoglobin level (8.65±1.45%) had decreased in all groups, but patients in the two surgical groups had the greatest degree of improvement (average glycated hemoglobin levels, 7.69±0.57% in the medical-therapy group, 6.35±1.42% in the gastric-bypass group, and 4.95±0.49% in the biliopancreatic-diversion group). Conclusions In severely obese patients with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery resulted in better glu cose control than did medical therapy. Preoperative BMI and weight loss did not predict the improvement in hyperglycemia after these procedures. (Funded by Catholic University of Rome; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00888836.)
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TL;DR: This work presents a meta-analysis of clinical trials and animal studies that show clear trends in survival and morbidity in neonatal intensive care unit admissions and suggest that admissions to intensive care units are higher in women than in men.
Abstract: *John Radcliffe Hospital and the †University of Oxford, Oxford, ‡Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, §Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and ||Warwick Clinical Trials, University of Warwick, Warwick, and ¶Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre, London, UK; and #Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Copyright * 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins DOI: 10.1097/01.SA.0000435572.01496.5c
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TL;DR: As the US population continues to age, greater demands will be placed on surgical services and strategies must be developed to meet these growing demands and to ensure high-quality care for geriatric surgical patients.
Abstract: The population of the United States (US) is growing and aging.The US Census Bureau projects that the number of Americans age 65 years and older will more than double between 2010 and 2050. The percentage of Americans 65 and older will grow from 13% to more than 20% of the total population by 2030, and the fastest growing segment of this group (individuals 85 years and older) is expected to triple in number over the next 4 decades.These changes in the age demographics of the US population are largely due to people living longer and the “baby boomer” generation
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TL;DR: From the Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada, S.K. Schulman presents research results from across Europe, North America, and the Middle East that have implications for the treatment of deep vein thrombitis.
Abstract: From the Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada (S. Schulman, C.K.); the Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (S. Schulman), and the Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital-Östra, Gothenburg (H.E.) — both in Sweden; the Thrombosis Research Institute and University College London, London (A.K.K.); Medical Division 2, Municipal Hospital Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany (S. Schellong); Clinical Research, Boehringer Ingelheim, Alkmaar, the Netherlands (D.B.); Clinical Research, Boehringer Ingelheim, Asker, Norway (A.M.K.); Boehringer Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT (J.F.); the Department of Vascular Pathology, Bellevue Hospital, Saint Etienne, France (P.M.); and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (S.Z.G.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Schulman at Thrombosis Service, HHS-General Hospital, 237 Barton St. E., Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada, or at schulms@mcmaster.ca.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that the presence of OSA was associated with increased adjusted risk of incident hypertension; however, treatment with CPAP therapy was not associated with a lower risk of hypertension.
Abstract: Results During 21003 person-years of follow-up (median, 12.2 years), 705 cases (37.3%) of incident hypertension were observed. The crude incidence of hypertension per 100 person-years was 2.19 (95% CI, 1.71-2.67) in controls, 3.34 (95% CI, 2.85-3.82) in patients with OSA ineligible for CPAP therapy, 5.84 (95% CI, 4.826.86) in patients with OSA who declined CPAP therapy, 5.12 (95% CI, 3.76-6.47) in patients with OSA nonadherent to CPAP therapy, and 3.06 (95% CI, 2.70-3.41) in patients with OSA and treated with CPAP therapy. Compared with controls, the adjusted HRs for incident hypertension were greater among patients with OSA ineligible for CPAP therapy (1.33; 95% CI, 1.01-1.75), among those who declined CPAP therapy (1.96; 95% CI, 1.44-2.66), and among those nonadherent to CPAP therapy (1.78; 95% CI, 1.23-2.58), whereas the HR was lower in patients with OSA who were treated with CPAP therapy (0.71; 95% CI, 0.53-0.94). Conclusion Compared with participants without OSA, the presence of OSA was associated with increased adjusted risk of incident hypertension; however, treatment with CPAP therapy was associated with a lower risk of hypertension.
TL;DR: Given the fact that approximately 13% of the US general population currently is older than 65 years and expanding annually, comprehensive solutions to address issues associated with the authors' aging workforce are urgently needed.
Abstract: Background For persons who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the probability of receiving bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be influenced by neighborhood characteristics. Methods We analyzed surveillance data prospectively submitted from 29 U.S. sites to the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival between October 1, 2005, and December 31, 2009. The neighborhood in which each cardiac arrest occurred was determined from census-tract data. We classified neighborhoods as high-income or low-income on the basis of a median household income threshold of $40,000 and as white or black if more than 80% of the census tract was predominantly of one race. Neighborhoods without a predominant racial composition were classified as integrated. We analyzed the relationship between the median income and racial composition of a neighborhood and the performance of bystander-initiated CPR. Results Among 14,225 patients with cardiac arrest, bystander-initiated CPR was provided to 4068 (28.6%)...
TL;DR: The increased risk of birth defects associated with IVF was no longer significant after adjustment for parental factors, and the risk of ICSI remained increased after multivariate adjustment, although the possibility of residual confounding cannot be excluded.
Abstract: 5.8%) was 1.47 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.33 to 1.62); the multivariate-adjusted odds ratio was 1.28 (95% CI, 1.16 to 1.41). The corresponding odds ratios with in vitro fertilization (IVF) (165 birth defects, 7.2%) were 1.26 (95% CI, 1.07 to 1.48) and 1.07 (95% CI, 0.90 to 1.26), and the odds ratios with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) (139 defects, 9.9%) were 1.77 (95% CI, 1.47 to 2.12) and 1.57 (95% CI, 1.30 to 1.90). A history of infertility, either with or without assisted conception, was also significantly associated with birth defects. Conclusions The increased risk of birth defects associated with IVF was no longer significant after adjustment for parental factors. The risk of birth defects associated with ICSI remained increased after multivariate adjustment, although the possibility of residual confounding cannot be excluded. (Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council.)
TL;DR: The accompanying editorial highlights the methodological limitations that must be considered in interpreting the study results when choosing MACEs as an outcome when cardiac events were not prospectively collected or defined.
Abstract: Background Despite advances in resuscitation care in recent years, it is not clear whether survival and neurologic function after in-hospital cardiac arrest have improved over time. Methods We identified all adults who had an in-hospital cardiac arrest at 374 hospitals in the Get with the Guidelines–Resuscitation registry between 2000 and 2009. Using multivariable regression, we examined temporal trends in risk-adjusted rates of survival to discharge. Additional analyses explored whether trends were due to improved survival during acute resuscitation or postresuscitation care and whether they occurred at the expense of greater neurologic disability in survivors. Results Among 84,625 hospitalized patients with cardiac arrest, 79.3% had an initial rhythm of asystole or pulseless electrical activity, and 20.7% had ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. The proportion of cardiac arrests due to asystole or pulseless electrical activity increased over time (P<0.001 for trend). Risk-adjus...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed a systematic review to evaluate the impact of a single i.v. dose of dexamethasone on postoperative pain and explore adverse events associated with this treatment.
Abstract: Background. The analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of a single perioperative dose of dexamethasone are unclear. We performed a systematic review to evaluate the impact of a single i.v. dose of dexamethasone on postoperative pain and explore adverse events associated with this treatment. Methods. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Register were searched for randomized, controlled studies that compared dexamethasone vs placebo or an antiemetic in adult patients undergoing general anaesthesia and reported pain outcomes. Results. Forty-five studies involving 5796 patients receiving dexamethasone 1.25‐20 mg were included. Patients receiving dexamethasone had lower pain scores at 2 h {mean difference (MD) 20.49 [95% confidence interval (CI): 20.83, 20.15]} and 24 h [MD 20.48 (95% CI: 20.62, 20.35)] after surgery. Dexamethasone-treated patients used less opioids at 2 h [MD 20.87 mg morphine equivalents (95% CI: 21.40 to 20.33)] and 24 h [MD 22.33 mg morphine equivalents (95% CI: 24.39, 20.26)], required less rescue analgesia for intolerable pain [relative risk 0.80 (95% CI: 0.69, 0.93)], had longer time to first dose of analgesic [MD 12.06 min (95% CI: 0.80, 23.32)], and shorter stays in the post-anaesthesia care unit [MD 25.32 min (95% CI: 210.49 to 20.15)]. There was no dose‐response with regard to the opioid-sparing effect. There was no increase in infection or delayed wound healing with dexamethasone, but blood glucose levels were higher at 24 h [MD 0.39 mmol litre 21 (95% CI: 0.04, 0.74)].
TL;DR: This small study aimed at demonstrating the importance of knowing thePriority of Ingredients in the Preparation and Administration of Anaesthesiology for the Selection of Patients for Paediatric Surgery is a simple and straightforward process.
Abstract: Background Prolonged postoperative decrease in lung function is common after major upper abdominal surgery. Evidence suggests that ventilation with low tidal volumes may limit the damage during mechanical ventilation. We compared postoperative lung function of patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery, mechanically ventilated with high or low tidal volumes. Methods This was a double-blind, prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial. One hundred and one patients (age ≥50 yr, ASA ≥II, duration of surgery ≥3 h) were ventilated with: (i) high [12 ml kg−1 predicted body weight (PBW)] or (ii) low (6 ml kg−1 PBW) tidal volumes intraoperatively. The positive end-expiratory pressure was 5 cm H2O in both groups and breathing frequency adjusted to normocapnia. Time-weighted averages (TWAs) of forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) until 120 h after operation were compared (P Results The mean ( sd ) values of TWAs of FVC and FEV1 were similar in both groups: FVC: 6 ml group 1.8 (0.7) litre vs 12 ml group 1.6 (0.5) litre (P=0.12); FEV1: 6 ml group 1.4 (0.5) litre vs 12 ml group 1.2 (0.4) litre (P=0.15). FVC and FEV1 at any single time point and secondary outcomes did not differ significantly between groups. Conclusions Prolonged impaired lung function after major abdominal surgery is not ameliorated by low tidal volume ventilation.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors hypothesized that the adductor canal block (ACB), a predominant sensory blockade, reduces quadriceps strength compared with placebo (primary endpoint, area under the curve, 0.5-6 h), but less than the femoral nerve block (FNB; secondary endpoint).
Abstract: Background:The authors hypothesized that the adductor canal block (ACB), a predominant sensory blockade, reduces quadriceps strength compared with placebo (primary endpoint, area under the curve, 0.5–6 h), but less than the femoral nerve block (FNB; secondary endpoint). Other secondary endpoints wer
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the association between the use of helicopter vs ground services and survival among adults with serious traumatic injuries and conclude that helicopter transport is associated with improved survival to hospital discharge after controlling for multiple known confounders.
Abstract: Context Helicopter emergency medical services and their possible effect on outcomes for traumatically injured patients remain a subject of debate. Because helicopter services are a limited and expensive resource, a methodologically rigorous investigation of its effectiveness compared with ground emergency medical services is warranted. Objective To assess the association between the use of helicopter vs ground services and survival among adults with serious traumatic injuries. Design, Setting, and Participants Retrospective cohort study involving 223 475 patients older than 15 years, having an injury severity score higher than 15, and sustaining blunt or penetrating trauma that required transport to US level I or II trauma centers and whose data were recorded in the 2007-2009 versions of the American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank. Interventions Transport by helicopter or ground emergency services to level I or level II trauma centers. Main Outcome Measures Survival to hospital discharge and discharge disposition. Results A total of 61 909 patients were transported by helicopter and 161 566 patients were transported by ground. Overall, 7813 patients (12.6%) transported by helicopter died compared with 17 775 patients (11%) transported by ground services. Before propensity score matching, patients transported by helicopter to level I and level II trauma centers had higher Injury Severity Scores. In the propensity score–matched multivariable regression model, for patients transported to level I trauma centers, helicopter transport was associated with an improved odds of survival compared with ground transport (odds ratio [OR], 1.16; 95% CI, 1.14-1.17; P Conclusion Among patients with major trauma admitted to level I or level II trauma centers, transport by helicopter compared with ground services was associated with improved survival to hospital discharge after controlling for multiple known confounders.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a prospective multicenter study of 2,170 adults undergoing general anesthesia at ambulatory surgery centers in the United States from 2007 to 2008, and the overall incidence of postdischarge nausea and vomiting was 37%.
Abstract: Background About one in four patients suffers from postoperative nausea and vomiting. Fortunately, risk scores have been developed to better manage this outcome in hospitalized patients, but there is currently no risk score for postdischarge nausea and vomiting (PDNV) in ambulatory surgical patients. Methods We conducted a prospective multicenter study of 2,170 adults undergoing general anesthesia at ambulatory surgery centers in the United States from 2007 to 2008. PDNV was assessed from discharge until the end of the second postoperative day. Logistic regression analysis was applied to a development dataset and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was calculated in a validation dataset. Results The overall incidence of PDNV was 37%. Logistic regression analysis of the development dataset (n=1,913) identified five independent predictors (odds ratio; 95% CI): female gender (1.54; 1.22 to 1.94), age less than 50 yr (2.17; 1.75 to 2.69), history of nausea and/or vomiting after previous anesthesia (1.50; 1.19 to 1.88), opioid administration in the postanesthesia care unit (1.93; 1.53 to 2.43), and nausea in the postanesthesia care unit (3.14; 2.44-4.04). In the validation dataset (n=257), zero, one, two, three, four, and five of these factors were associated with a PDNV incidence of 7%, 20%, 28%, 53%, 60%, and 89%, respectively, and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.72 (0.69 to 0.73). Conclusions PDNV affects a substantial number of patients after ambulatory surgery. We developed and validated a simplified risk score to identify patients who would benefit from long-acting prophylactic antiemetics at discharge from the ambulatory care center.
TL;DR: C-MAC laryngoscopy seems to be a useful technique for the initial approach to a potentially difficult airway, and a diverse group of anesthesia providers achieved a higher intubation success rate on first attempt with the C-MAC in a broad range of patients with predictors of difficult intubations.
Abstract: Background Video laryngoscopy may be useful in the setting of the difficult airway, but it remains unclear if intubation success is improved in routine difficult airway management. This study compared success rates for tracheal intubation with the C-MAC® video laryngoscope (Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany) with conventional direct laryngoscopy in patients with predicted difficult airway. Methods We conducted a two arm, single-blinded randomized controlled trial that involved 300 patients. Inclusion required at least one of four predictors of difficult intubation. The primary outcome was successful tracheal intubation on first attempt. Results The use of video laryngoscopy resulted in more successful intubations on first attempt (138/149; 93%) as compared with direct laryngoscopy (124/147; 84%), P = 0.026. Cormack-Lehane laryngeal view was graded I or II in 139/149 of C-MAC attempts versus 119/147 in direct laryngoscopy attempts (P Conclusion A diverse group of anesthesia providers achieved a higher intubation success rate on first attempt with the C-MAC in a broad range of patients with predictors of difficult intubation. C-MAC laryngoscopy seems to be a useful technique for the initial approach to a potentially difficult airway.
TL;DR: In this paper, a multivariable logistic regression (MRL) was used to evaluate the effect of advanced airway management on favorable neurological outcomes in patients with OHCA.
Abstract: Results Of the eligible 649359 patients with OHCA, 367837 (57%) underwent bagvalve-mask ventilation and 281522 (43%) advanced airway management, including 41972 (6%) with endotracheal intubation and 239550 (37%) with use of supraglottic airways. In the full cohort, the advanced airway group incurred a lower rate of favorable neurological outcome compared with the bag-valve-mask group (1.1% vs 2.9%; odds ratio [OR], 0.38; 95% CI, 0.36-0.39). In multivariable logistic regression, advanced airway management had an OR for favorable neurological outcome of 0.38 (95% CI, 0.37-0.40) after adjusting for age, sex, etiology of arrest, first documented rhythm, witnessed status, type of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of public access automated external defibrillator, epinephrine administration, and time intervals. Similarly, the odds of neurologically favorable survival were significantly lower both for endotracheal intubation (adjusted OR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.37-0.45) and for supraglottic airways (adjusted OR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.36-0.40). In a propensity score– matched cohort (357228 patients), the adjusted odds of neurologically favorable survival were significantly lower both for endotracheal intubation (adjusted OR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.37-0.55) and for use of supraglottic airways (adjusted OR, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.33-0.39). Both endotracheal intubation and use of supraglottic airways were similarly associated with decreased odds of neurologically favorable survival. Conclusion and Relevance Among adult patients with OHCA, any type of advanced airway management was independently associated with decreased odds of neurologically favorable survival compared with conventional bag-valve-mask ventilation.
TL;DR: The role of microparticles in inflammation, coagulation, vascular function, and most importantly, their physiological and pathological functions in sepsis was discussed in this paper, where the role of micro-articles in inflammatory, procoagulant membrane vesicles was discussed.
Abstract: This review discusses the role of microparticles in inflammation, coagulation, vascular function, and most importantly, their physiological and pathological functions in sepsis. Microparticles are proinflammatory, procoagulant membrane vesicles released from various cell types. They are detectable in normal individuals and basal levels correlate with a balance between cell proliferation, stimulation, and destruction. Haemostatic imbalance leads to various pathological states of inflammation and thrombosis including cardiovascular disease and sepsis, where circulating microparticles display both an increase in number and phenotypic change. Microparticles, mainly of platelet origin enable both local and disseminated amplification of the haemostatic response to endothelial injury through exposure of phosphatidylserine, tissue factor, and coagulation factor binding sites. Surface expression of membrane antigens by microparticles facilitates cytoadhesion, chemotaxis, and cytokine secretion to drive a proinflammatory response. Microparticles behave as vectors in the transcellular exchange of biological information and are important regulators of endothelial function and angiogenesis. The extent to which circulating microparticles contribute to the pathogenesis of sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation is currently unknown. Microparticles may in fact be beneficial in early sepsis, given that activated protein C bound to endothelium-derived microparticles retains anticoagulant activity, and increased circulating microparticles are protective against vascular hyporeactivity. Elevated levels of microparticles in early sepsis may therefore compensate for the host's systemic inflammatory response. Importantly, in vivo, septic microparticles induce deleterious changes in the expression of enzyme systems related to inflammation and oxidative stress, thus they may represent important contributors to multi-organ failure in septic shock.
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that patients who received general anesthesia for treatment are less likely to have a good outcome than those managed with local anesthesia compared with those who did not receive general anesthesia.
Abstract: BACKGROUND Studies of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke have identified general anesthesia as a predictor for poor outcome in comparison with local anesthesia/sedation. This retrospective study attempts to identify modifiable factors associated with poor outcome, while adjusting for baseline stroke severity, in patients receiving general anesthesia. METHODS We reviewed charts of 129 patients treated between January 2003 and September 2009. The primary outcome was the modified Rankin Score of 0-2 for 3 months poststroke. Predictors of neurologic outcome included baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, blood glucose concentration, and age. Additional risk factors evaluated were prolonged stroke onset-treatment interval and systolic blood pressure less than 140 mmHg. Choice of local anesthesia or general anesthesia was recorded. RESULTS The study group was 96 out of 129 patients for whom modified Rankin Scale scores were available; 48 patients received general anesthesia and 48 local anesthesia. The proportion of patients with "good" outcomes were 15% and 60% in the general anesthesia group and local anesthesia group, respectively (P < 0.001). Lowest systolic blood pressure and general anesthesia were correlated (r = -0.7, P < 0.001). Independent predictors for good neurologic outcome were local anesthesia, systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg, and low baseline stroke scores. CONCLUSIONS Adjusted for stroke severity, patients who received general anesthesia for treatment are less likely to have a good outcome than those managed with local anesthesia. This may be due to preintervention risk not included in the stroke severity measures. Hypotension, more frequent in the general anesthesia patients, may also contribute.
TL;DR: In a registry-based cohort study of liveborn infants in Denmark, it is investigated whether exposure to an AS03-adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 vaccine in pregnancy was associated with increased risk of major birth defects, preterm birth, and fetal growth restriction.
Abstract: Context Assessment of the fetal safety of vaccination against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in pregnancy has been limited. Objective To investigate whether exposure to an adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of adverse fetal outcomes. Design, Setting, and Participants Registry-based cohort study based on all liveborn singleton infants in Denmark, delivered between November 2, 2009, and September 30, 2010. In propensity score–matched analyses, we estimated prevalence odds ratios (PORs) of adverse fetal outcomes, comparing infants exposed and unexposed to an AS03-adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine during pregnancy. Main Outcome Measures Major birth defects, preterm birth, and small size for gestational age. Results From a cohort of 53 432 infants (6989 [13.1%] exposed to the influenza A[H1N1]pdm09 vaccine during pregnancy [345 in the first trimester and 6644 in the second or third trimester]), 660 (330 exposed) were included in propensity score–matched analyses of adverse fetal outcomes associated with first-trimester exposure. For analysis of small size for gestational age after second- or third-trimester exposure, 13 284 (6642 exposed) were included; for analyses of preterm birth, 12 909 (6543 exposed) were included. A major birth defect was diagnosed in 18 of 330 infants (5.5%) exposed to the vaccine in the first trimester, compared with 15 of 330 unexposed infants (4.5%) (POR, 1.21; 95% CI, 0.60-2.45). Preterm birth occurred in 31 of 330 infants (9.4%) exposed in the first trimester, compared with 24 of 330 unexposed infants (7.3%) (POR, 1.32; 95% CI, 0.76-2.31), and in 302 of 6543 infants (4.6%) with second- or third-trimester exposure, compared with 295 of 6366 unexposed infants (4.6%) (POR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.84-1.17). Small size for gestational age was observed in 25 of 330 infants (7.6%) with first-trimester exposure compared with 31 of 330 unexposed infants (9.4%) (POR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.46-1.37), and in 641 of 6642 infants (9.7%) with second- or third-trimester exposure, compared with 657 of 6642 unexposed infants (9.9%) (POR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.87-1.09). Conclusions In this Danish cohort, exposure to an adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine during pregnancy was not associated with a significantly increased risk of major birth defects, preterm birth, or fetal growth restriction.
TL;DR: This analysis of a large, population-based cohort was undertaken to compare the probability of in-hospital death and selected pulmonary and cardiovascular complications in patients receiving regional versus general anesthesia and to evaluate whether the association between anesthesia type and outcome varied according to fracture anatomy (intertrochanteric or femoral neck fractures).
Abstract: Background: Hip fracture is a common, morbid, and costly event among older adults. Data are inconclusive as to whether epidural or spinal (regional) anesthesia improves outcomes after hip fracture surgery. Methods: The authors examined a retrospective cohort of patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture in 126 hospitals in New York in 2007 and 2008. They tested the association of a record indicating receipt of regionalversus general anesthesia with a primary outcome of inpatient mortality and with secondary outcomes of pulmonary and cardiovascular complications using hospital fixed-effects