Ron Abrons

@SAMHQglobal If the patient's airway is adequately topicalized additional analgesia is not needed, especially in the form of a potent respiratory depressant. Using remifentanyl for sedation is like using propofol for pain - sure it can work, but the therapeutic index is small.

Question: If you administer a sedative, is the patient really considered "awake"? "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety and efficacy of remifentanil and dexmedetomidine for awake fibe… bit.ly/3s80yFd "

New research on the Articulated Oral Airway! rdcu.be/ciate

MADE at The University of Iowa Turns Clinicians’ Ideas into Medical Products medgadget.com/2018/07/made-a…

Another nice article: IowaMADE: Bringing university-made products to market clayandmilk.com/2018/07/05/iow… via @clayandmilk

Check this out: IowaMADE aims to bring medical devices from concept to market - thegazette.com/subject/news/b… via @gazettedotcom