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Author: Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH. M. Ed A new retrospective economic analysis from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center suggests that lumbar fusion in those with chronic preoperative opioid use should be approached with caution. The study, “Pre-operative Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Risk Factor for Complications, Readmission, Continued Opioid Use […]
Read MoreMore lives could be saved after cardiac arrest if bystanders applied cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even if it’s just the hands-only version, a new study suggests. With hands-only CPR emerging as an alternative to the traditional method – chest compressions coupled with mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths – Swedish researchers decided to investigate the impact of the simpler […]
Read MoreDangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers have shown. They hope to one day harness this capability to replace a century-old device: the surgical mask. The U-M engineers have measured the virus-killing speed and effectiveness of nonthermal plasmas—the ionized, or charged, particles […]
Read MoreBy Bill Siwicki Healthcare IT News Blood is a precious commodity nationwide and notably wasted. At University of Missouri Health Care, the mean red blood cell transfusion rate is now 22.4 percent below the original baseline rate. The medical director of transfusion services explains how. Blood transfusion can be lifesaving, but it is not widely known […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mackenzie Bean New York City declared a public health emergency April 9 amid an ongoing measles outbreak and ordered mandatory vaccinations for residents in some zip codes, reports The Washington Post. Three things to know: 1. Health officials have confirmed 285 measles cases in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens since October 2018. The outbreak has primarily […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News When it comes to video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS) for lobectomy, a study has found that patients who underwent thoracic epidural analgesia used more than 40% less opioids in the first two postoperative days than their counterparts receiving surgical site infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine. The researchers acknowledged, however, that more and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Aurora Naa-Afoley Quaye et al Pain Medicine, 30 November 2018 Objective There is no consensus on the optimal perioperative management of patients on buprenorphine (BUP) for opioid use disorder (OUD). This article will review the available literature on BUP and the analgesic efficacy of BUP combined with full mu-opioid agonists and discuss the conflicting […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bruce Japsen Forbes Health Hospitals improved their financial performance last year but they continue to struggle to increase their volumes, according to a new report. Healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall called 2018 “generally a year of improvement” for hospitals. “Profitability indicators demonstrated growth in operating margin as compared with (2017) of about 5% and […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so wanted to share. By Chiara Townley A new study conducted in Japan found that the need to urinate in the night, called nocturia, may be linked to hypertension and high salt intake. Frequently going to the toilet at night may be a sign of high blood pressure, according to […]
Read MoreSource: Science Daily A new study appearing in the journal CHEST®, published by Elsevier, may change the way we think about sleep disorders. In this study led by Dr. Luciano F. Drager, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and short sleep duration (SSD) were compared with excessive daytime sleepiness; anxiety/depressive symptoms; and several cardiometabolic risk factors including […]
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