Are all antipsychotic drugs the same?

Are all antipsychotic drugs the same?

Anaphylaxis to neuromuscular-blocking drugs: all neuromuscular-blocking drugs are not the same.

5 January 2015 I n the current issue of Anesthesiology, Reddy et al.1 report a two-hospital, retrospective, observational, cohort study confirming that anaphylaxis is more common with rocuronium and succinylcholine than with atracurium, a topic that is difficult to assess and was first highlighted in this journal in 2003.2 Although any medication can potentially cause perioperative anaphylaxis,...

Not all injections are the same.

To the Editor: In metaphorical terms, a problem arises when good apples are pooled with bad apples; they all get tarred with the same brush. This principle applies when all studies pertaining to spinal injections of steroids are pooled, as if they are all equal. Subsequently, the lay press publicizes sweeping conclusions such as “injecting any liquid, even plain saline solution, works just as w...

“ Happy Families Are All The Same ”

All valve malfunctions are not the same.

1. Tautz TJ, Urwyler A, Antognini JF, Riou B: Case scenario: Increased end-tidal carbon dioxide. A diagnostic dilemma. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2010; 112:440 – 6 2. Kwetny IM, Finucane BT: Negative arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradient: An additional sign of malignant hyperthermia during desflurane anesthesia. Anest Analg 2006; 102:815–7 3. Larach MG, Localio AR, Allen GC, Denborough MA, Ellis FR...