Article Notes
Article pearls, summaries and comments.
While there is both utility and some interesting insights from the LAS VEGAS risk score research, it also seems to have largely confirmed that higher risk patients, having more invasive or major surgery, and those who misbehave intraoperatively are more likely to experience postoperative pulmonary complications...
Brachial plexus block with sedation for shoulder surgery is not a technique I employ. It would be interesting to see a direct comparison between stroke rates between this technique and one using block plus GA. Though, it is comforting to know that stroke risk is incredibly low, in spite the considerable number of intraoperative hypotensive events.