Month: December 2017

Uncategorized Published - 1 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of treatment delay on the effectiveness and safety of antifibrinolytics in acute severe haemorrhage: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data from 40 138 bleeding patients

Authors: Angèle Gayet-Ageron, MDet al Lancet: 07 November 2017 Background Antifibrinolytics reduce death from bleeding in trauma and post-partum haemorrhage. We examined the effect of treatment delay on the effectiveness of antifibrinolytics. Methods We did an individual patient-level data meta-analysis of randomised trials done with more than 1000 patients that assessed antifibrinolytics in acute severe […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Association of Overlapping Surgery With Patient Outcomes in a Large Series of Neurosurgical Cases

Authors: Brian M. Howard, MD et al JAMA Surg.  November 8, 2017. Key Points Question  Is overlapping surgery associated with increased morbidity and mortality and worsened outcome measures compared with nonoverlapping surgery? Findings  In this retrospective cohort study that included 2275 neurosurgical cases, no difference between overlapping and nonoverlapping surgery was identified for mortality, morbidity, or worsened functional status […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Study suggests women less likely to get CPR from bystanders

Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason. Only 39 percent of women suffering cardiac arrest in a public place were given CPR versus 45 percent of men, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Retaining Mobility May Lead to Pain Reduction

With Stephanie Studenski, MD; Daniel White, PT, ScD, MSc; Devyani Misra, MBBS, and Dorothy Dunlop, PhD The urgency for pain specialists and primary care practitioners to prescribe physical activity to patients with rheumatic diseases was emphasized as a key recommendation by a panel of experts at the 2017 annual meeting of the American College of […]

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