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Anesthesia For Deep Brain Stimulation In Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Hemidystonia., Jill M Jani, Chima O Oluigbo, Srijaya K Reddy

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Faculty Publications

Deep brain stimulation in an awake patient presents several unique challenges to the anesthesiologist. It is important to understand the various stages of the procedure and the complexities of anesthetic management in order to have a successful surgical outcome and provide a safe environment for the patient.

Renal Angina: Concept And Development Of Pretest Probability Assessment In Acute Kidney Injury, Lakhmir S. Chawla, Stuart L. Goldstein, John A. Kellum, Claudio Ronco

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Faculty Publications

The context of a diagnostic test is a critical component for the interpretation of its result. This context defines the pretest probability of the diagnosis and forms the basis for the interpretation and value of adding the diagnostic test. In the field of acute kidney injury, a multitude of early diagnostic biomarkers have been developed, but utilization in the appropriate context is less well understood and has not been codified until recently. In order to better operationalize the context and pretest probability assessment for acute kidney injury diagnosis, the renal angina concept was proposed in 2010 for use in both …

Subanesthetic Ketamine Infusions For The Treatment Of Children And Adolescents With Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Study, Kathy A. Sheehy, Elena A. Muller, Caroline Lippold, Mehdi Nouraie, Julia C. Finkel, Zenaide M.N. Quezado

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Faculty Publications

Background

Chronic pain is common in children and adolescents and is often associated with severe functional disability and mood disorders. The pharmacological treatment of chronic pain in children and adolescents can be challenging, ineffective, and is mostly based on expert opinions and consensus. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, has been used as an adjuvant for treatment of adult chronic pain and has been shown, in some instances, to improve pain and decrease opioid-requirement. We examined the effects of subanesthetic ketamine infusions on pain intensity and opioid use in children and adolescents with chronic pain syndromes treated in an outpatient setting. …