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Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia part 3 (opens the original)
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In today’s PAAD, we will continue our review to the article by Jiang et al(1). entitled: Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia. In part one we discussed MAC and that pain and nociception are not the same thing, even though we interchange them colloquially in our everyday language. Surprisingly, perioperative analgesia is a core anesthetic goal, yet intraoperative nociception management remains under-discussed and largely trial and error, guided by bedside j
Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia part two (opens the original)
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In today’s PAAD, we will continue our review to the artivle by Jiang et al(1). entitled: Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia In part one we discussed MAC and that pain and nociception are not the same thing even though we interchange them colloquially in our everyday language. Nociception is the neural processing of a noxious stimulus. Tissue injury activates nociceptors, and signals are transmitted through the spinal cord to the brain, where they can tri
Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia, part one (opens the original)
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Before we begin our review of today’s PAAD by Jiang et al. entitled: Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia (1) we need to take a deep breath and giant step backward to understand the fundamentals underpinning the article. Indeed, the concepts in these articles are so fundamental to the practice of anesthesiology, we will break down our review into 3 more digestible parts. Today, we will discuss minimum alveolar concentration (MAC). In parts 2 and 3 we will
Guest viewpoint: Healthcare spending (opens the original)
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We are constantly evolving the PAAD in order to provide you with the best reviews of articles that can affect your practice. We are experimenting with some new ideas, including personal experience essays, guest viewpoints, and narrative reflections. In today’s PAAD, Dr. Randy Flick of the Mayo clinic and a member of the PAAD’s executive council provides a brief reflection on healthcare spending. Myron Yaster MDAs we descend into what is sometimes called, the silly season, of endless political ch
Reader response (opens the original)
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Before you start today’s Reader Response PAAD, if you haven’t responded to our reader response survey, please take a minute and do it now…We will use the information to further improve the PAAD. Myron Yaster MDHere is the link to the survey https://redcap.link/PAADSurveyOr click hereFrom Scott on ultrasound guidance during peripheral IV placement hereFor those of us who’ve become pro
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