Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Safe perioperative management of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is crucial. Remimazolam is a newly developed short-acting benzodiazepine. We hypothesized that combining remimazolam and flumazenil would reduce emergence time compared with sevoflurane in patients undergoing general anesthesia for TAVI. ⋯ UMIN.ac.jp ( UMIN000047892 ); first posted 30 May 2022.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbourhoods with high material deprivation and high proportions of racialized Canadians were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of these neighbourhoods were served by community hospitals. We sought to compare the burden of COVID-19 care in community and academic intensive care units (ICUs) in Ontario, Canada. ⋯ During the pandemic, Ontario's large CHCs provided significantly more days of ICU COVID-19 care per baseline ICU bed compared with AHCs and small CHCs. Equipping large CHCs to handle ICU surges during future emerging disease outbreaks should be a priority for pandemic preparedness.