2019
Perioperative Dextrose Infusion and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Zorrilla-Vaca A, Marmolejo-Posso D, Stone A, Li J, Grant MC. Perioperative Dextrose Infusion and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30649067, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative nauseaDextrose infusionAntiemetic administrationGlucose levelsPlasma glucose monitoringPostoperative antiemetic administrationRescue antiemetic requirementsFurther prospective trialsPostanesthesia care unitSerum glucose levelsPlasma glucose levelsSignificant reductionAntiemetic requirementsPostoperative hyperglycemiaProspective trialSecondary outcomesPostoperative infusionPrimary outcomeCare unitCochrane LibraryUse of dextroseNauseaVomitingInfusionSignificant association
2016
The Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Following Knee or Hip Arthroplasty
Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Mathur V, Li J, Wu CL. The Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Following Knee or Hip Arthroplasty. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2016, 41: 555-563. PMID: 27380106, DOI: 10.1097/aap.0000000000000437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative surgical site infectionSurgical site infectionKnee arthroplastyHip arthroplastySite infectionNeuraxial anesthesiaGeneral anesthesiaSubgroup analysisOdds ratioDevelopment of SSIPooled unadjusted odds ratioUnadjusted odds ratioLarge observational trialsRandom-effects modelOverall beneficial effectObservational trialAnesthetic techniqueAnesthesia techniquesJoint arthroplastyInclusion criteriaTrial designArthroplastyMeta-AnalysisAnesthesiaPotential association