Week in review: August 16-20

Myron Yaster MD

Authorship: Credit and Credibility

Editorial

Evan D Kharasch, Michael J Avram, Brian T Bateman, J David Clark, Deborah J Culley, Andrew J Davidson, Timothy T Houle, Yandong Jiang, Jerrold H Levy, Martin J London, Jamie W Sleigh, Laszlo Vutskits. Authorship and Publication Matters: Credit and Credibility. Anesthesiology 2021 Jul 1;135(1):1-8. PMID: 34046664

This editorial is a roadmap describing the current rules of the road for the journal Anesthesiology and is a must read for anyone who is conducting or planning a research or really any publication project to be submitted to any journal. 

Opioids and Itching

Review Article

Eileen Nguyen, Grace Lim, Sarah E Ross. Evaluation of Therapies for Peripheral and Neuraxial Opioid-induced Pruritus based on Molecular and Cellular Discoveries. Anesthesiology; 2021 Aug 1;135(2):350-365. PMID: 3423713

Why do opioids cause itching? What is best practice in treating it?

Hypoxemia, bradycardia, and multiple laryngoscopy attempts in neonates. Lessons from the NECTARINE study

Is it time to give up the ghost and use videolaryngoscopy and supplemental O2 during intubation in neonates,