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Jan 17, 2021
This piece ploughs into some of the academic papers that have provoked discussion in the perioperative community.
We discuss the following papers:
Risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression in surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analyses.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30552274
Increased Postoperative Glucose Variability Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes Following Total Joint Arthroplasty.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29975266
Effect of A1C and Glucose on Postoperative Mortality in Noncardiac and Cardiac Surgeries.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440113
Frailty as a Predictor of Death or New Disability After Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30048320
Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Paul Grant, Hospitalist and Director of Perioperative and Consultant Medicine at the University of Michigan.