ANESTHESIOLOGY CLINICSwww.anesthesiology.theclinics.comConsulting EditorLEE A. FLEISHERSeptember 2022 • Volume 40 Number 3 CLINICS www.anesthesiology.theclinics.com Consulting Editor LEE FLEISHER September

In 2012, The American Dental Association (ADA) in conjunction with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) issued an evidence-based guideline and evidence report with recommendations for prevention of orthopedic implant infection in patients undergoing dental procedures.1 In summary, there were three recommendations. The first recommendation was the practitioner might consider disco...

INTRODUCTION The WestJEM Blog and Podcast Watch presents high quality open-access educational blogs and podcasts in emergency medicine (EM) based on the ongoing ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Professional series. Both series critically appraise resources using an objective scoring rubric. This installment of the Blog and Podcast Watch highlights the topic of orthopedic eme...

This study sought to evaluate whether restrictive blood transfusion strategies are associated with a risk of infection in orthopedic patients by conducting a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). RCTs with restrictive versus liberal red blood cell (RBC) transfusion strategies were identified by searching Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the...

Growing awareness of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and recent innovations in management have resulted in hip arthroscopy becoming one of the fastest-growing orthopedic subspecialties. The purpose of this study was to identify the 50 most cited articles related to the topic of FAI and hip arthroscopy and to analyze their characteristics. The overall number of citations within these articles...