Month: August 2015

Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Pooled Analyses Indicate Pain Represents a Major Component of Restless Leg Syndrome

Patients who complain of restless leg syndrome (RLS) often have pain as one of the common symptoms of the disorder and they often seek medical treatment for relief of that pain, researchers reported here at SLEEP 2015, the 29th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). About 58% of adult patients were responders […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Dextrose Decreases Incidence of Postoperative Vomiting in Children

A randomised study presented here on June 20 at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) suggests that dextrose can be used in paediatric patients to decrease postoperative vomiting (POV). POV is common in children and often may lead to hospital admissions, said Kelly Anne Fedoruk, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Communication Distractions Lower Quality of Patient Handoffs in Ambulatory Surgery Center: Safety an Issue

Just like in the operating room (OR), patient handoffs in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) are commonly derailed by communication distractions, which put patients’ safety at risk, according to investigators at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) in Camden, N.J. “We had previously looked into barriers to handoff communication in our hospital’s operating […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Complications Higher With Regional Than General Anesthesia in Hip Fracture Surgery

Patients administered regional anesthesia for hip fracture surgery are significantly more likely to experience complications than those who received general anesthesia, a study has found. The 7,764-patient review of information from the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database yielded an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.43 for minor complications and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Concussion-Related Migraine May Be Common in Young Athletes

Migraine associated with concussion appears to be more prevalent among young athletes than is currently appreciated, two new studies suggest. In a survey of 74 high school football players, a third each reported having a history of previous concussion and of migraine. In the other study, an examination of 25 children and adolescents with sports-related […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Oxycodone / Naloxone Reduces Safely Pain in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Prolonged-release oxycodone / naloxone shows significant efficacy for the reduction of musculoskeletal pain and nocturnal pain for patients with severe pain from Parkinson’s disease compared with placebo, according to results of a double-blind study presented at the First Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Prolonged-release oxycodone / naloxone also demonstrated no unanticipated adverse […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Combined Anaesthetic Treatment Relieves Post-Op Pain After Knee Arthroplasty

The combination of peri-articular and adductor canal infiltration was superior than peri-articular infiltration alone or adductor canal infiltration alone in decreasing pain when walking on day 1 after a knee replacement, according to a study presented here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “Knee surgery is very painful,” said Richard […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Sumatriptan Improves Quality of Recovery After Craniotomy

The use of sumatriptan decreases post-operative headache at the non-surgical site in patients who undergo craniotomy for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and facial spasms, researchers said here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “These patients complain of pain at the non-surgical site as well as nausea and vomiting,” said […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Use off Opioids 1 Month Post-Op Predicts Use at 6 Months After Surgery

Patients who minimally used opioids prior to surgery, but who continued to use them for pain relief 30 days after surgery were likely to be using them in the longer term, according to a study presented here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). With ongoing opioid use being a public […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Sumatriptan Less Effective in Migraine With Aura

Sumatriptan is less effective in migraine attacks with aura than in those without, new data reveal. The findings, from an analysis of previous clinical trial results, were presented here at the American Headache Society (AHS) 57th Annual Scientific Meeting by Jakob Møller Hansen, MD, PhD, a resident at the Department of Neurology at Rigshospitalet and […]

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