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Authors: McCann ME et al Lancet 2019; 393 (10172):664-677. QUESTION (P) For infants less than 60 weeks postmenstrual age, that were born at more than 26 weeks gestational age and undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy, (I) effect of general anesthesia was compared with (C) awake regional anesthesia (O) on neurodevelopmental outcomes (T) over a period of 5 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kate Ruder Kaiser Health News When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state’s surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to patients who go under the knife. Their observations and initial research […]
Read MoreCurrent Pain and Headache Reports October 2019, 23:69 Authors: Jinlei Li et al Purpose of Review Peripheral nerve blocks are effective and safe modalities for perioperative analgesia. But it remains unclear what blocks are adequate for ambulatory surgeries, as well as the proper patient management before and after discharge. Recent Findings Emerging nerve blocks have sparked interests […]
Read MoreMedical News Today There is no link between statin use and memory impairment, researchers have concluded, after evaluating effects of the cholesterol-lowering drugs over 6 years in more than 1,000 older people in Australia. A team from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), both in Sydney, Australia, […]
Read MoreAuthor: ARILYNN MARCHIONE Time People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the following few years, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bott-Kitslaar DM et al. Mayo Clin Proc 2019 Jul In an observational study of patients with venous thromboembolism, short-term rates of recurrence and major bleeding were similar with the two drugs. The most widely prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants in the U.S., apixaban and rivaroxaban, have not been compared head-to-head in randomized trials. In this observational […]
Read MoreAuthor: Scott Clarke, MD Anesthesiology News The Frost Series #353 Case Description A 34-year-old, 92-kg gravida 1 para 0 woman with no significant medical history presented to the labor and delivery unit at 39 weeks’ gestation after spontaneous rupture of membranes. Episodes of prolonged fetal bradycardia were detected on the fetal monitor, and prolapsed umbilical cord […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ethan Covey Anesthesiology News A single-use flexible laryngeal mask proved to be a safe alternative airway device for use in pediatric adenotonsillectomy, and it appears to reduce OR time, according to a new study. “Flexible—or armored—supraglottic airway devices have been successfully used in patients undergoing adenotonsillectomies for many years in other countries,” said Amy […]
Read MoreA study published in the Annals of Surgery could help clinicians mitigate that risk by identifying which patients are more likely to continue to use opioids after their immediate recovery period. “There is not much research on which surgical patients require more or less opioids, despite a push in the field for personalised medicine,” said Daniel Larach, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yang W et al World Neurosurgery (Jul 2019) OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare clinical functional outcomes and new vertebral compression fractures (NVCFs) between percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and conservative treatment (CT) in patients with severe pain due to acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). PVP is increasingly used for treatment of pain in patients […]
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